In Ingushetia, three residents of Sunzha District disappeared

On June 11, in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia, under unascertained mysterious circumstances, three residents of the village of Arshty Bai-Ali Makhauri, Bekkhan Zhukalaev, and Islam Bazgiev disappeared. This was reported by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial". On the next day, burnt body of Bekkhan Zhukalaev was found the on the outskirts of a village.

According to Lom-Ali Makhauri, his brother Bai-Ali, born in 1982, went to his relatives to the village of Berd-Yurt with his VAZ-21099 car of green colour to help with to build a fence. He was accompanied by Bekkhan Zhukalaev (according to other sources Djukalaev), born in 1985, and Islam Bazgiev, born in 1990. This was reported by the message of the HRC "Memorial", received by the "Caucasian Knot" edition office.

In the evening, they were returning home. Their relatives found out that between the villages of Berd-Yurt and Arshty, separated by a distance of about seven or eight kilometres, the car with the young people was stopped by unidentified persons in camouflage. They were in three Lada Priora cars and a Gazel minibus of white colour. The relatives of the disappeared men do not know what happened next.

According to the Investigatory Department of the Investigatory Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) in Ingushetia, on June 12, at about 7:00 a.m., on the outskirts of the village of Berd-Yurt (according to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Ingushetia, on the outskirts of the village of Chemulga, which is located about two kilometres from Berd-Yurt), a burnt car body, presumably VAZ-21099, was found. Besides, fragments of a man's body were found in the place. The victim was identified by his family members as Bekkhan Zhukalaev, a resident of the village of Arshty.

According to the website of the Republic's MIA, inflammation of the car could be caused by an explosion of up to 800 grams in TNT equivalent. The burnt car belongs to Bai-Ali Makhauri.

On June 13, Lom-Ali, the brother of Bai-Ali Makhauri, filed a written complaint to the Division of the Russian MIA in the Sunzha District of Ingushetia about the fact of disappearance of his brother, and on June 14, he filed a written complaint to the Investigatory Division of the Sunzha District of the Investigatory Department of the ICRF in the republic. On June 15, Lom-Ali Makhauri appealed to human rights organizations and to the Ombudsman in Ingushetia to help find his brother.

As of June 18, the whereabouts of Bai-Ali Makhauri and Islam Bazgiev are still unknown.