The case of the death of a rehab patient in Kaspiysk has reached court

Investigators have sent to court the case of an employee of a rehabilitation center in Kaspiysk, accused of illegally depriving a patient of his freedom and beating him to death.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on January 20, the Kaspiysk City Court sent into custody an employee of the rehabilitation center, detained in connection with the death of a patient. The case was opened under the articles on illegal deprivation of liberty (part 3 of article 127 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and causing serious bodily harm resulting in the death of a patient through negligence (part 4 of article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation), which provide for up to eight years and up to 15 years of imprisonment, respectively.

The investigation of the criminal case of an employee of a rehabilitation center in Kaspiysk, accused of illegal deprivation of liberty (Part 3 of Article 127 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) and causing serious bodily harm resulting in the death of a patient through negligence (Part 4 of Article 111 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) has been completed, the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Dagestan reported today on its website.

The final version of the investigation presented in the publication coincides with the initial one. "The preliminary investigation has been completed, the criminal case has been sent to court with an approved indictment," the report says.

Recall that on March 25, the Investigative Committee reported that three employees of a rehabilitation center in Kabardino-Balkaria are suspected of illegal entry into a home and illegal deprivation of liberty. According to investigators, they knocked down the door of the escaped patient's apartment and took him to the rehab in Chegem in handcuffs, where they then illegally detained him.

The head of the rehabilitation center explained the patient's detention by the requests of his relatives. However, lawyers pointed out that the actions of the rehab employees were in conflict with the law. Rehab is not a medical institution, but a kind of "temporary shelter", where those who themselves had previously gone through such a practice often work as employees, noted, in particular, the chairman of the law firm "Lunev and Partners" Alexey Lunev. "Therefore, of course, [these employees] have no rights to handcuff and force delivery," he told the "Caucasian Knot".