DUSHANBE, December 20, 2013, Asia-Plus — The 16-year-old son of Tajik state rail company chief is expected to stay trial for deadly accident soon.
The Ministry of Interior (MoI) is still investigating a deadly crash in Dushanbe, in which the 16-year-old son of the chief of the Tajik state railway company, Rasoul Amonullo, was involved.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Rasoul Amonullo and Umar Sharif, 21, who is reportedly also participant in that deadly traffic accident.
We will recall that three persons were killed and three others were seriously injured on October 9 as BMW crashed into VAZ- 21-04. According to the Interior Ministry’s website, Rasoul Amonullo, the 16-year-old son of the chief of the Tajik state railway company, who was behind the wheel of BMW, is responsible for the deadly accident.
Rasoul Amonullo was reportedly driving his brand-new BMW above the speed limit in the wee hours of the morning when he struck another vehicle.
The Tajik Interior Ministry described Rasoul Amonullo as “a participant in the traffic accident,” adding that that there is also another participant in that traffic accident — Umar Sharif, 21.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted under the provisions of Article 212 (3) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – traffic infringement and violation of rules of exploitation of means of transport entailing the death of two and more persons
The children of the country”s elite are known to often participate in nighttime street races and during the visit to the Interior Ministry on November 20, President Emomali Rahmon reportedly touched upon the issue of reckless driving by children of the country’s elite. The president urged to punish all traffic offenders, regardless of whose children they are.
Meanwhile, by ruling handed down by a court in Dushanbe’s Ismoili Somoni district in early December the wife of Amonullo Hukumatullo, the chief of the Tajik state railway company, Tajik Railways, was fined 120.00 somoni (TJS) for violation of the parental responsibility law. An administrative action was imposed upon Hukumatullo’s wife under the provisions of Article 90 of Tajikistan’s Administrative Code. Under the country’s legislation, only one of parents may be made answerable for violation of the parental responsibility law.
