The trial of the defendant in the racket by Surkhay Aliyev is closed

Baku / 30.01.18 / Turan: A trial was held in the Baku Grave Crimes Court under the chairmanship of Mahmud Agalarov A trial in the case of Surkhay Aliyev, editor-in-chief of the Bizim Dovr newspaper, his deputy Hikmet Najafli and other persons accused of racketeering, took place Baku Serious Crimes. Initially, the testimony was given by the victim Sardar Ahmedov, an employee of the Barda Irrigation System. "3-4 years ago I received a call from Najafli, asked for help with the issue of the newspaper. A few days later 100 manats were sent to him by mail. " The victim also said that in addition to requests he was threatened. "They called me that certain information came about me, and demanded a thousand manat to not publish it. After numerous calls, I paid Hikmet 100 manats," he said. Then the victim, a former police officer Mushfig Huseynov, was interrogated. "A few years ago I worked in the Yasamal district police department as a regiment commander. One day I received a call from Hikmet, who said that he had a video that denounced me. My colleague met with him, they agreed, but the newspaper published an article. After that, I myself met him at the publishing house, where the disc with the video was destroyed and the conversation was closed." After that, the court decided to continue the meeting in closed session. All people and journalists were removed from the hall. -0-