DUSHANBE, July 7, 2009, Asia-Plus — Investigation has been launched into death of Khurshed Bobokalonov, the head of the admission department at the Republican Oncology Center within the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Speaking at a press conference in Dushanbe, Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov said today that investigation will assess legality of actions of police officers. “No signs of violent death were found on the body of Bobokalonov,” Bobokhonov said.
We will recall that according to the results of forensic medical examination, Khurshed Bobokalonov, who was detained by police officers on June 27, died of heart failure (cardiac insufficiency) and mechanical asphyxia.
As it had been reported earlier, the tragedy took place in the center of Dushanbe Saturday (June 27) night, at about 10:00 pm.
According to the Ministry of Interior (MoI), the 33-year-old Khurshed Bobokalonov was detained by police while being drunken. “To identify his personality police officers decided to take Bobokalonov to the police department but he died in the police car for unknown reason,” the MoI source said.
In the meantime, colleagues and relatives of Khurshed Bobokalonov say that he went into sports and enjoyed good health and he never abused alcohol.
On that day, Khurshed met his friends after training (he went into bodybuilding) and they decided to drink beer in one of bars in the center of the city. After that, Bobokalonov went to see his mother who lives near the supermarket Sitora in the center of Dushanbe.
“On the way to his mother’s home he was stopped by police officers,” said one of Khurshed’s colleagues, “I do not know what happened between them, but according to some witnesses, some 15 policemen tried to forcibly push Khurshed into the police car and he reportedly died on the way to the police department.”
According to relatives of Khurshed Bobokalonov, there were signs of bruises on his body.
