He promised the bribe-taker to release him from criminal prosecution for 20 thousand dollars.
Employees of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of Tajikistan detained the chief controller of the energy networks of the capital district of Shohmansur Aliakbar Rajabov on suspicion of fraud.
"The detainee, having entered into the trust of a certain citizen, against whom the anti-corruption department of the republic opened a criminal case under Article 319 (bribe-taking) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan, demanded 20 thousand dollars for his assistance in terminating his criminal prosecution", – the press center of the country's anti-corruption agency reports.
He received from the bribe-taker up to the moment of detention 10.5 thousand dollars and 2.7 thousand somoni.
A criminal case was initiated against A. Rajabov under article 247 (fraud) of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan.
