DUSHANBE, 31.03.2022 (NIAT Khovar) – Today, the defendant in a criminal case, a native and resident of Khorog of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) Manuchehr Sherov was detained, reports the Press Center of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Tajikistan in GBAO.

“On March 31, the 36-year-old native and resident of Khorog (51 M. Ijubov Street) M. Sherov was detained in a criminal case 27534,” said the statement.

On November 15, 2021, the Prosecutor’s Office of GBAO initiated a criminal case against Sherov under articles 237, part 3, paragraph “a” and 330, part 1 of the Criminal Code of Tajikistan, and since December 9, 2021 he was officially wanted.

On November 14, 2021, Sherov, together with members of the organized criminal group of Khorog Mahmadbokir Mahmadbokirov, Jamshed Shabonov and others at the post of the Tirchid district, attacked the employees of the Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs with an ax and injured them.

Earlier, Sherov was officially summoned four times to appear before the investigator of the GBAO Prosecutor’s Office, but he deliberately avoided appearing and testifying.

Investigative measures are being continued in relation to the detained Sherov.