Expressions of Panahli's lawyer added (the first version was posted at 17:10)
Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan.21 / Trend K. Zarbaliyeva /
The National Statehood Party of Azerbaijan (NSPA) Nemat Panahli's brother testified as a witness.
Information about filing criminal case under the Article 221 (hooliganism) and choosing a preventive measure in the form of arrest for two months against Samad Panahli is false.
According to lawyer, Samad Panahli was called to testify as a witness on the criminal case of his brother and was released after testifying.
A criminal has been filed under the Article 221.3 (hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon) of the Criminal Code towards Nemat Panahli.
Baku resident Eldaniz Rzayev called the Interior Ministry's service 102 and informed that Nemat Panahli and Ceyhun Farzullayev had threatened him on the Mirali Gashqai street of the Nizami district. Based on the complaint, the abovementioned persons were arrested.
Three months arrest as a preventive measure was chosen towards Panahli and Farzullayev by the Nasimi District Court.