Shoot-out in the Baku prison

A fight broke out between two prisoners  in Baku prison N 1 Kurdakhani  on Sunday. They are accused of serious crimes. The incident ended with stabbing.

According to informed sources, the conflict took place on the grounds of showdown between powerful criminal gangs. The first group  is lead by  the imprisoned Mushvig Salifov, nicknamed "Lotu Guli",  and Rovshan Caniyev, who is  not in prison, and is known in the criminal world as Rovshan Lankaran.

The conflicts is because "Lotu Guli" wants to regain status as a "thief-in-law", of which he was deprived  a few years ago after an incident with another crime boss (the late Hikmet Mukhtarov - Hikmet Sabirabad).

According to the same sources, Rovshan Lankaran actively opposes restoring  of "Lotu Guli"  in the status "thief in law".

As for Sunday's incident, it could be triggered by one of the prisoners, Emin Mamedov. His  goal is to increase the authority of his patron - "Lotu  Gulu."

The fight took place in the yard of prison, where Mamedov "accidentally" saw

another prisoner by the name Tural. First  Mammadov  hit Tural, and then, attacked and stabbed in the chest and thigh. In this case, an employee of the colony was stabbed in the arm, unscrambling the fighters.

However, the prison service refuted information about stabbing in prison in Kurdakhani. The Department of Public Relations, being asked to comment on the information, stated that "there was no such incident."

Both of the above prisoners are  accused of serious crimes. Tural is charged with murder during  the criminal showdown last year at the gas station in Baku.

Mammadov  is also accused of murder, extortion, etc.

It is noteworthy that Mammadov was a defendant in a criminal case on the fact of a criminal fight in 2005 at the "Wolf's Gate" with a deadly weapon.

Despite the fact that many participants were brought to justice, Mamedov escaped. However, in August of this year, Mamedov unexpectedly returned  and acknowledged his guilt, and currently the case is being considered in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.

A month ago Salifov’s  lawyers held a press conference and complained of a violation of rights when visiting  jail N8. The lawyers also said that their client  is not allowed to meet with his own daughter.

Salifov  is  known by the fact that at the time refused to comply with an order  of 

influential persons, and undertake the murder of journalist Elmar Huseynov. After that,

in jail Salifov was  accused of raping his girlfriend, and was sentenced to a new  term.—06D-