On August 7, the court decided to present the prosecutor-general of Azerbaijan the information provided by Haji Mammadov about the assassination of Elmar Huseynov. The criminal case of Haji Mammadov and his band is held in the Court of Heinous Crimes under chair of Ali Seyfaliyev,Trend reports.
The state accuser Abdulla Yusifov noted that the information presented by Mammadov about the assassination of the editor-in-chief of the Monitor magazine Elmar Huseynov will be interesting for the investigation of Huseynovs case. Therefore, he asked the court to present the information to the prosecutor-general Zakir Garalov. The Advocates expressed their protest against this request, but the judge ensured the request of the state accuser.
Mammadov told the court that the the editor-in-chief of the Monitor magazine Elmar Huseynov was killed by the members of his band. Besides, he emphasized that the Huseynovs assassination was requested by the former economic development minister of Azerbaijan Farhad Aliyev, who is in the prison at the moment.
Then, Mammadov provided evidences regarding kidnapping and assassination of Nazim Pashayev, the director of Azernegsanaye. Mammadov pointed out that Pashayev was kidnapped not only with the request of the department chief of the Head Investigation Department of the Interior Minister Kamil Sadraddinov as described in the materials in the initial investigations, but with the request of the member of band of Shirkhan Abdinov. Pashayev got familiar with one of the members of the band, and to hide the crimes, he and his drivers were killed.
The court session will continue and Mammamdov will provide evidences.