Azerbaijan, Baku / Trend corr. К. Zarbaliyeva / The Chairman of the Anti Torture Committee of Azerbaijan appealed to Ramil Usubov, the Azerbaijan Interior Minister, due to a change in the decision concerning the arrest of the Azerbaijani rapper Elshad Khose, Elchin Behbudov, the Chairman of the Committee, reported to the Trend Agency on 24 September.
Behbudov appealed to the Minister to release the rapper on bail. Behbudov requested that the Minister to take into consideration that Elshad Khose is a popular rapper and suffers from heart problems. Behbudov denied the information in the press that Khose was injured after being subjected to torture in the Police Station of Yasamal District.
Khose was arrested as a result of drugs operations held by Yasamal District Police Station. A criminal case has been filed for the contravention of Article 234.1 (illegal keeping of drugs) of the Azerbaijani Criminal Code. The rapper was sentenced to two months in prison by the decision of the court and is being held in the Bayil Investigation Cell 1.