Esgin Guliyev Convicted in "Ganja Сase" Died in Prison

Baku / 09.29.19 / Turan: On September 29, Eshgin Guliyev, a convict in the Ganja case, died in a medical institution of the Prison Service. This was reported by his relatives. The day before he fell into a coma, and died without regaining consciousness. Guliyev suffered from hepatitis C.

On September 19, Guliyev was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Guliyev became the second person involved in the "Ganja case" who died in prison. On July 10, Aydin Gurbanov died in the hospital of the Prison Service.

* On July 3, 2018 in Ganja an attempt was made on the then head of the city Elmar Veliyev. A Ganja native Yunis Safarov wounded him and his bodyguard. After that, a protest rally against Veliyev in front of the Ganja administration building was scheduled for July 10 on social networks. On that day, the MIA reported riots in Ganja, during which two police officers were killed. Then mass arrests began among believers and others.

At a meeting in this department, Attorney General Zakir Garalov announced on July 31, 2019 that 29 members of an organized criminal group were brought to justice in connection with the attempt on E. Veliyev, and another 11 people were put on the international wanted list.

On the events of July 10, the investigation was completed and 8 criminal cases against 60 people were sent to the courts. The defendants were sentenced to various terms of imprisonment. Subsequently, the court of appeal released six defendants in the case.

During the trial, the accused stated that they had been subjected to sophisticated torture during the preliminary investigation. -06D-