DUSHANBE, January 29, 2014, Asia-Plus — Tajik Railways head Amonullo Hukumatullo has commented on fatal traffic accident, in which his son was involved, and also warned to file lawsuit against journalists “showing excessive zeal.”
He has also denied rumors that he was a fugitive together with his son after that fatal accident as absolutely baseless.
“I was on vacation after that ill-fated accident,” Amonullo Hukumatullo told journalists in Dushanbe on January 29.
According to him, he is going to retire on a pension in May this year.
On the fatal traffic accident, in which his son was involved, Tajik Railways chief noted that everything should be done according to law.
Mr. Hukumatullo stressed: “We must differ accident from murder while some media sources depicted that accident as murder. “All of us have children and relatives and no one can feel secured against such misfortunes, and therefore, there ought to be careful while covering such cases,” he noted.
Mr. Hukumatullo added that he would file lawsuit against journalists “who raised the temperature by their unfounded reports.”
We will recall that three persons were killed and three others were seriously injured on October 9, 2013 as BMW crashed into VAZ- 21-04. According to the Interior Ministry’s website, Rasoul Amonullo, the 16-year-old son of the chief of the Tajik state railway company, who was behind the wheel of BMW, is responsible for the deadly accident.
Rasoul Amonullo was reportedly driving his brand-new BMW above the speed limit in the wee hours of the morning when he struck another vehicle.
The Tajik Interior Ministry described Rasoul Amonullo as “a participant in the traffic accident,” adding that that there is also another participant in that traffic accident — Umar Sharif, 21.
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.
The children of the country”s elite are known to often participate in nighttime street races and during the visit to the Interior Ministry on November 20, 2013 President Emomali Rahmon reportedly touched upon the issue of reckless driving by children of the country’s elite. The president urged to punish all traffic offenders, regardless of whose children they are.
