DUSHANBE, October 16, 2013, Asia-Plus – Lawyer Sergey Romanov, who is also director of the Independent Human Rights Center, says investigation should find out why underage Rasoul Amonullo was behind the wheel.
He noted that Tajik legislation prohibits persons under age of 18 from operating vehicles. “Therefore, the investigation should find out why the 16-year-old Rasoul Amonullo was behind the wheel,” Romanov said.
The lawyer further added that it could not be ruled out that the parental responsibility law could be used against Rasoul’s parents.
We will recall that the Interior Ministry’s official website reported that 16-year-old Rasoul Amonullo was behind the wheel of BMW involving in an October 9 fatal traffic accident in downtown Dushanbe.
Rasoul Amonullo reportedly exceeded the speed limit and BMW ran into VAZ 21-04, driven by Allouddin Saidov, 22, cook from Rohat Teahouse.
As a result of the collision, Allouddin Saidov died on the spot and two his passengers – Surayo Ismoilova, 24, and Uktam Mansourov, 25 – died in hospital from injuries sustained the accident, while three other passengers – Shokir Mataliyev, 26, Madina Akramova, 21, and Aziza Rouziyeva, 24 – are in hospital with serious injuries (all of them are employees of Rohat Teahouse).
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.
Rasoul Amonullo has reportedly given a written undertaking not to leave Dushanbe. If convicted he could face up to 10 years in prison.
According to some sources, Rasoul Amonullo is the son of Amonullo Hukumov, the top manager of the state railway company, Tajik Railways.
Meanwhile Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports three people were killed and three injured following a crash during nighttime car races that often include the children of the country”s elite.
Sources in Dushanbe”s traffic police told RFE/RL late on October 9 that the children of “very important people,” who often race expensive cars at night in downtown Dushanbe, caused a deadly traffic incident during Wednesday night.
