Two Chechen policemen accused of beating pensioner

In Chechnya, the criminal case against two law enforcement agents suspected of abuse of power, threatening to use weapons and beating of a detained elderly man brought to court. This was reported by the Chechen Prosecutor's Office.

According to the information of the Prosecutor's Office, the criminal case against Adlan Abdullaev and Khalis Gunaev, the former staff members of the ROVD (District Interior Division) of the Grozny District, was initiated by the Prosecutor's Office of the Grozny District in April.

"Adlan Abdullaev and Khalis Gunaev are charged of the fact that in last April, they unlawfully detained and beaten Abdulvakhit Vashaev, a 64-year-old resident of the village of Alkhan-Kala of the Grozny District, by whom they had found an unregistered traumatic pistol," the Prosecutor's Office of Chechnya reports.

Meanwhile, according to the information of the Prosecutor's Office, "seizure of the traumatic weapon was not properly registered, and the policemen beaten the man." "The indictment against the former staff members of the ROVD of the Grozny District has been already brought to the court that will pronounce a decision on the merits," the Prosecutor's Office has added.

A representative of the Prosecutor's Office has emphasized that Adlan Abdullaev and Khalis Gunaev are already dismissed from the law enforcement bodies and that if found guilty by the court, the former policemen can face up to ten years of imprisonment.

However, one of the relatives of the victim, who preferred to remain anonymous, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they managed to bring the policemen to justice only after Abdulvakhit Vashaev met the Chechen Prosecutor.

Earlier, Abdulvakhit Vashaev himself said that the policemen tried to take away his money received from the sale of the car. "They said that I was drunk and that the y would bring me to the police; however, I managed to give the money to my brother, and after that they started beating me and broke my arm. The medical examination revealed that I was sober," he has emphasized.