Trial over Afgan Sadigov Begins

Baku / 19.08.20 / Turan: The day before, a preparatory meeting was held at the Baku Grave Crimes Court on the case of the editor of the Azel TV website Afgan Sadigov.

The court dismissed the defense motion and scheduled a hearing on the merits for September 1. Turan was informed about this by the wife of the defendant Sevinj Sadigova.

Let us remind you that Sadigov was detained on May 13, and the Binagadi court arrested him for 4 months on charges of extortion through threats.

According to the investigation, Sadigov was detained together with the editor of the Xəbəfakt.az publication Sakit Muradov red-handed while receiving a bribe of 10 thousand manats. At the same time, Muradov was not taken into custody. Sadigova stated that a provocation had been committed against her husband.

According to her, Sakit Muradov took part in the provocation by making a deal with law enforcement agencies. Yesterday, after the trial, Sadigova publicly accused him of this. However, Muradov repeated the version of the investigation that Sadigov extorted money from officials of the Executive Power of Sumgayit.

The video of the verbal skirmish was published by Sevinj Sadigova on her Facebook page.

Note that Afgan Sadigov is known for scandalous publications about the involvement of state officials in corruption and crime. Because of this, he was persecuted and tried more than once. —06D-