DUSHANBE, September 19, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajik national Farrukh Urozov, 30, reportedly died on September 17 after being beaten in the police department of the city of Solnechnogorsk, Moscow oblast.
A number o Russian media sources report that Farrukh Urozov was detained in the evening of September 17 on suspicion of rape.
In the night of the same day police phoned an ambulance and Urozov was certified dead. Urozov’s body had traces of beating and his several ribs were broken. Circumstances suggest that Urozov might have died after being severely beaten by police officers.
Russia’s Investigative Committee’s office in Moscow oblast has launched an investigation into the incident.
