Jurors acquit defendants accused of killing staff member of "Chernomortransneft" in Dagestan

The jurors have acquitted Davud Omarov and Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov, accused of killing the chief of the security service of the "Chernomortransneft" Department in Kizlyar. Earlier, Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov has complained about being tortured by law enforcers.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that Sergey Saipudinov, the chief of the team "Kizlyar" of the united "Dagestan" squad of the security service of Open Joint-Stock Company (OJSC) "Chernomortransneft", was killed at night of July 29, 2012. On July 16, 2012, an explosive device detonated near his apartment, and in January 2012, he was shelled from a pistol.

On June 5, 2013, Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov, a native of Dagestan, was detained on suspicion of the murder of Sergey Saipudinov. Relatives and advocate of Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov claimed that he told them about being subjected to torture at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and forced to give false testimony.

Davud Omarov was also involved in the case as a defendant, and investigators called him the organizer of the murder. The investigators suggest that Davud Omarov was motivated by his conflict with Sergey Saipudinov, who did not let him to steal oil from the main oil pipeline.

On February 12, 2015, Valentina Kvitko, a prosecution witness was questioned. She was in a car together with Abdul-Muslim Suleimanov during his detention. According to her testimony, the weapon was planted to the defendant.

The prosecutors stated that in her earlier testimony, the young woman had confirmed that law enforcers had discovered a pistol with Abdul-Muslim; however, she confessed that she had signed the protocol of questioning under pressure from investigator, the "Chernovik" (Draft) reports.

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