DUSHANBE, June 26, 2009, Asia-Plus // — The 56-year-old Taghoynazar Solehov, the brother of ex-Minister of Interiors Mahmadnazar Solehov, has been sentenced to 15 years and six months in prison for killing and illegal possession of weapons.
The Dushanbe city court sentenced Taghoynazar Solehov to 15 years and six months in prison on June 25. The sentenced followed his conviction on charges of murder and illegal possession of weapons.
As it had been reported earlier, Toghoynazar Solehov was detained on April 17 this year on suspicion of having killed his brother-in-law Daler Fozilov. He killed Daler Fozilov in 1999.
We will recall that according to a joint statement released by the Prosecutor-General’s Office and the Ministry of Interior (MoI), ex-Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov committed suicide by shooting himself on June 17. Meanwhile, some media reported that former interior minister Mahmadnazar Solehov was found dead Thursday (June 17) evening after he resisted detention by law enforcement officers who raided his home. Solehov”s 12-year-old son, Khudoinazar, was cited as saying that the men arrived at his father”s house claiming they were going to arrest him.
He said he heard a gunshot during an argument behind closed doors between his father and the intruders and when he rushed into the room, he found his father dead. On June 19, the Prosecutor-General’s Office gave a press conference over the death of Mahmadnazar Solehov. Speaking to reporters, Prosecutor-General Bobojon Bobokhonov denied reports that Solehov had been killed during police raid as absolutely unfounded.
