Baku/24.06.20/Turan: Eyub Gulmammadov, the head of the housing department of the executive branch of the city of Shirvan, was arrested on charges of taking a bribe, the press service of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Azerbaijan said.
He was detained red-handed while receiving a bribe by the staff of the General Directorate for Combating Corruption under the Attorney General.
He is charged with illegal registration in the name of a citizen of a two-room apartment in a city dormitory.
Gulmammadov is charged under the Article 311.1 (receiving a bribe). The court chose a preventive measure in respect of the former official in the form of arrest for a period of 4 months. –06D--
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