KHUJAND, August 21, 2009, Asia-Plus — Deceived depositors of the branch of the Khujand-based Eskhata Bank in the northern city of Chkalovsk have set up an initiative group to get their money back.
One of those depositors told Asia-Plus that 22 depositors on August 15 gathered for meeting to discuss the situation. “The meeting participants decided to set up the initiative group and apply to the regional law enforcement authorities with solicitation to settle the situation,” said the source, “If there is no appropriate response to our application, we plan to apply to the Prosecutor-General’s Office, the Supreme Court and President’s Executive Office.”
According to him, the depositors are also going to demand that Eskhata Bank board organize weekly meetings with members of the initiative group to inform them about the process and results of investigation.
Problems arose a month ago, when the head of Eskhata Bank’s branch in Chkalovsk Zulfiqor Azizov on July 15 left Tajikistan for Russia. That time, entrepreneurs from Chkalovsk, mainly employees of the currency exchange offices, said that Azizov owed them large amounts of money.
Commenting that time on the situation, the head of the Eskhata Bank Board Khurshed Nosirov told Asia-Plus that Zulfiqor Azizov was sacked on July 13.
“Probably, he was doing currency transactions, escaping bank formalities,” said Nosirov, “Entrepreneurs showed hand-written notices of receipt written on ordinary paper, but these notices do not give them right to demand that the bank reimburse their money. It is the business of them and Azizov while the bank had nothing to do with that.”
