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13 July 2017, 20:32

Resident of Nalchik claims being beaten at police station

The man said that an operative criminal inquiry agent tried to beat a confession out of him at the police station. The policeman is suspected of exceeding his official powers.

A 40-year-old resident of Nalchik said that in June he was detained on suspicion of a theft.

The Interior Minister of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appointed an official check in connection with the incident, says the website of the KBR's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

According to investigators, in his study, the power agent beat the man up on the head and body, demanding from him to confess to several thefts.

Full text of the article is available on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’.

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