Ingushetia residents report kidnapping of Zelimkhan Chighitov

A resident of the town of Karabulak, Ingushetia, claims kidnapping of Zelimkhan Chighitov, her 20-year-old son. According to Zukhra Chighitova, Zelimkhan was kidnapped by law enforcement officers on April 27.

The incident took place in the dormitory for involuntary migrants, called "Promzhilbaza", where the Chighitovs, residents of Chechnya, reside.

According to Chighitova, the kidnappers drove cars without license plates. They did not identify themselves and did not show identification documents or order for arrest of Chighitov. The relatives were not informed on the reasons for detainment or the place where Zelimkhan was taken.

"I phoned my son and he told me that he had been severely beaten and did not know what they wanted from him. He did not know where he was. During our conversation, a prosecutor from Karabulak stayed beside me. My son told me to switch off my telephone as he was concerned about his safety", said Zukhra Chighitova.

The Chighitovs applied to the local prosecution office, employees of which, according to them, promised them to find the whereabouts of Zelimkhan, and to the Ingushetia MoI and human rights organizations.

The relatives of Zelimkhan Chighitov have no information about his fate from the moment of kidnapping.