Criminal case against 10 officials started

Baku/09.06.22/Turan: Ten officials of the State Property Service for Property and Municipal Bodies have been brought to criminal responsibility for illegal actions during land privatization in several cities and regions of Azerbaijan. This is reported by the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office.

In particular, head of Shirvan city department of the state service Nazim Safarov, head of Ujar department Amil Aslanov, chairman of Gazakh region's Dash Salahli village municipality Asif Yusifov, head of Sheki region's Gokhmug municipality Etibar Eyvazov, deputy head of socio-economic development analysis and forecasting department of the Kurdamir region executive power Ruslan Aliyev, etc. are suspected of committing criminal acts.

The investigation found that the above mentioned persons by conspiracy with head of the department of organization and geodesy of the state property management department Ildirim Mammadov received bribes for giving a positive opinion on transfer of ownership, use and lease of land plots owned by the municipality during the period of 2020-2022.

Total of 10 persons were brought to responsibility, in respect of whom various preventive measures in the form of arrest, house arrest, etc. were taken.

They were charged under Article 308.2 (abuse of power, resulting in serious consequences), 311.3.1, 311.3.2, 311.3.3 (repeated large scale bribes by a group of persons) and 312.1 (bribery) and other articles of the Criminal Code.

At present, investigative actions are underway to identify and prosecute other officials who committed unlawful acts.-06B-