16:30, 18 April 2006

Three detained residents of the Kurchaloj village (Chechnya) are released

Three residents of Kurchaloj, detained on April 2 have been released, according to the information received on April 18 by Russian-Chechen information agency. The men, Soltamigov Dzhambulat, born 1985, Iljasov Alhazur, born 1985 and Ozdamirov Ruslan, born 1984, were taken away from their houses by the representatives of a law enforcement agency of unknown authority that was conducting a special operation detaining people allegedly involved in the activity of illegal armed units.

According to the information of the detained men, they were seized by "Kadyrov's people" and were kept in the Gudermes department of internal affairs. The investigation undertaken did not prove the suspicions of the law enforcement officials, and within two or three days the men were released. This was information provided by the Russian-Chechen Friendship Society to CK.