A woman from Khuroson district of Khatlon province, Sitora Boboyeva, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for the murder of her three-year-old daughter. The verdict was issued by the Khatlon regional court in November 2025, though news of the case has only emerged now.
According to Varqa Zayniddin, senior aide to the Khatlon chief prosecutor, the crime was committed due to the mother's aggression triggered by her daughter’s tantrum.
Boboyeva, a mother of four and a resident of the village of Hosilot in the Sadriddin Ayni jamoat of Khoroson district, was found guilty of murder with particular cruelty.
"On the morning of September 13, 2025, Sitora Boboyeva was cleaning the barn when her daughter, Mavlouda Bobozoda, born in 2022, approached her and asked for sweets. The mother replied that she would give them after finishing her work. However, the girl insisted and began crying. Boboyeva flew into a rage, beat the child, and then strangled her with a plastic bag," said Zayniddin.
After committing the crime, Boboyeva hid her daughter’s body in an animal feed trough, then went outside and began shouting that her child had allegedly gone missing.
In an attempt to cover up the crime, on the night of September 13-14, Sitora Boboyeva disposed of her daughter's body in an irrigation canal in her village. The girl’s body was discovered on September 17 in the Bandar area of the Surkhqala rural jamoat in Khuroson district. A forensic examination revealed signs of violent death.
On the same day, Sitora Boboyeva was arrested, and criminal proceedings were instituted against her under Article 104 (2) of Tajikistan’s Penal Code – murder.
During the court proceedings, Boboyeva’s guilt was fully established, according to the prosecutor's office.
