Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. I.Alizadeh / The last body trapped under the ruins of the sixteen-storey collapsed building in one of the central streets of Baku City belongs to Mursalov Elnur Ilyasoglu, 25, Tural Museibov, the Press Secretary of the Emergency Situations Ministry, told Trend Agency on 7 September.
All bodies that were trapped under the ruins have been recovered, Museibov said.
The building which was under construction by the Mutaffakir company collapsed on 28 August at about 6:00pm. As a result, twenty-four people died and five were injured.
The Baku Prosecutor's Office has filed a case in accordance with Articles 222.2 (violation of safety regulations during construction, mining and other work, resulting in death and injury) and Article 222.1 (violation of safety regulations during construction work) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. A preventative research group has been formed with the Prosecutor's Office and the Emergency Situations Ministry.
The Director General of the Mutaffakir construction company, Ali Muradov, the company's Engineer General, Askar Aliyev, and Master Builders Farhad Hasanov and Gadir Salimov, were all detained in connection with the incident. They have each been sentenced to three months imprisonment.
The Baku City Yasamal District Court sentenced Akif Maharramov, the head of the Housing Department of Baku City Executive Power, to three months imprisonment in accordance with Article 308.1 (abuse of power) of the Azerbaijan Criminal Code, the spokesman for the Azerbaijan Prosecutor General's Office, Vugar Aliyev, told Trend.