17:58, 3 February 2007

Military released from Armenian captivity arrested in Azerbaijan

Vusal Garadzhaev, a soldier of the Azerbaijani army, who was released from Armenian captivity on December 23, 2006, was arrested in Azerbaijan. The Investigatory Department for Grave Crimes of the Military Office of Public Prosecutor has initiated a criminal case against V. Garadzhaev under Articles 274 (betrayal of Motherland) and 338.1 (breaking the rules of combat duty) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan. The correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot" has learnt about it at the press service of the Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan.

Meanwhile, V. Garadzhaev's mother has informed the newspaper "Real Azerbaijan" that her son had voluntarily gone to Armenians because of constant beating by his commanders: "Vusal reported that alongside with the commander of his unit, he was beaten by the ensign and one of the soldiers. They took away his salary and constantly teased him. For a long time they were beating my son just for pleasure."

Uzeir Dzhafarov, a military expert, founds it to be a nonsense that three soldiers in a row have got into captivity.

Author: Zaur Rasulzade, CK correspondent