Today, on November 2, at the judicial sitting on the criminal case of Haji Mammadov and his gang, a victim Zeynalabdin Babayev, former Director of a Dairy Products Factory has testified. The legal proceedings over the former Senior Officer of the Central Criminal Investigation Department of the Interior Ministry Haji Mammadov and 25 members of his gang is being held in the Azerbaijan Court for Serious Crimes presided by judge Ali Seyfaliyev, Trend reports.
In his testimonies, Mr. Babayev pointed out that he had been in captivity for 56 days. Four hundred fifty thousand USD were paid to the gang for his release. Mr. Babayev said that Ismayil Kazimov, a former officer of the Azerbaijan Public Prosecutor's Office, father of Murad Kazimov kidnapped by the gang, took part in the talks with the members of the band.
Mr. Babayev also said that after his release, he moved from the country to America, where he currently lives.
The court expressed its attitude toward an appeal of Adil Ismayilov's lawyer. Notably, the lawyer asked the court to remove the state prosecutors Abdulla Yusufov and Bashir Jaffarli from the court, as they asked the accused persons direct guiding questions. However, the court stated that it has not observed such questions, and as a result of it, the request was not granted.
The court hearing is going on.
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