A 51-year-old cashier, Kandahor Ghiyosov, was brutally murdered at the Asia Neft gas station in Khatlon province. According to the Khatlon Police Directorate, a 35-year-old man, Muhammadnabi Abdusamadov, was arrested on suspicion of the crime.
The suspect was apprehended the day after the incident in the Varzob district, while trying to flee to the Sughd province. The tragic event occurred on February 12, 2026.
The police report states that the suspect arrived at the gas station, disconnected the electricity, entered the building, and then repeatedly stabbed Ghiyosov more than 20 times. Abdusamadov also stole 22,605 somoni from the cashier before fleeing the scene.
According to Abdusamadov's confession, he knew the victim personally and owed him 8,000 somoni, which he had failed to repay on time. The two men had a dispute, during which, as Abdusamadov claims, Ghiyosov insulted him, leading to the fatal attack. Abdusamadov was reportedly intoxicated at the time of the murder.
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against Abdusamadov under Article 104 of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – murder; an investigation is underway. If convicted, Abdusamadov faces a sentence of 15 to 25 years in prison or life imprisonment.
In a separate case, a 23-year-old Komron Komiljonzoda from the Bobojon-Ghafourov district of Sughd province was arrested on suspicion of murdering his neighbor. Komiljonzoda admitted to stabbing a 22-year-old Shahrom Jourayev due to personal animosity and a longstanding feud. The wound proved fatal.
Komiljonzoda faces charges under Article 110 (3) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code — intentional infliction of grave bodily harm, which carries a prison sentence of 12 to 15 years.
