According to Aleskerov, on August 4, 2009 on the 130th km of Baku-Guba road at the territory of the village of Gendab the driver of `Kamaz` Mehman Amirguliyev did not react to the demand
Of employees of regional Road Guard Service Department and continued his way.
In response the policemen began persecution, as a result the driver of `Kamaz` was forced to stop. After the driver Mehman Amirguliyev went towards people following him he was insulted and brutally beaten. These scene of his beating was shot by drivers of cars going on that way. The process of the driver"s `detain` was guided the head of that Department Khikmet Seyidov, and his subordinators Galib Panahov and Vusal Samedov. Mehman Amirguliyev is accused under the Article 315.2 of the Criminal Code: the use of force against power representatives and resistance. The driver is in jail for a months, and he can be imprisoned up to seven years.
`I had a meeting with Deputy Head of Road Guard service Vagif Hajiyev with the help of Deputy Lala Abbasova, and I was told to reconcile. They want to paraphrase the Article 315.2 into 315.1 and he will be punished conditionally. In response I demanded immediate stop of criminal case against my client , and to release him,` Khafiz Aleskerov said. We will not step back.
The cases of beating of taxi, bus, and trucks drivers by representatives of different structures of Transport Ministry take place very often. Employees of Transport Ministry use such measures when drivers do not agree to work according to their rules, and pay bribes.
According to unofficial information, the sum of illegal collections in transport exceeded several times deductions to state budget from transport sector.
Similar facts are noted in mass media. Turan agency also wrote about such things; in particular it demonstrated video images of rude treatment of the representative of Transport Ministry with drivers. However, neither Transport Ministry, not law enforcement agencies react to such publications. --
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