Two people have been detained on suspicion of murdering a resident of Dagestan.

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A resident of Dagestan, Dinara Alkhassova, went missing on October 30, her body was found near the village of Novy Khushet. Her ex-husband and his acquaintance have been detained on suspicion of murdering the woman.

According to the investigation, on October 30, a 34-year-old resident of Makhachkala left home in a car belonging to her husband.

After that, she stopped communicating, and on November 2, she was found dead in a wasteland near the village of Novy Khushet, reports Interfax on November 3.

Dinara Alkhassova was engaged in transporting tourists and was supposed to go with clients to the Sulak Canyon on the day of her disappearance, TASS informs.

According to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Gayana Garieva, one of the suspects in the murder of the woman is her ex-husband, while the second was in Russia in violation of migration regulations. The deceased had remarried several months ago, which, according to the investigation, caused jealousy from her ex-husband.

The case is being investigated under Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder).

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that on October 14 in Kizlyar, a mullah was sentenced to nine years in prison for strangling his wife out of jealousy, after which he transported her body to the Tarumovsky district and buried it.

On January 29, police discovered the dismembered and burned body of 36-year-old mother of three, Malvina Magomedova. A resident of Derbent, Rajidin Yarialiev, was wanted on suspicion of murder. According to sources, the reason for the quarrel and murder was the sale of a car. It was also reported that Yarialiev had been convicted multiple times, and he had entered into a nikah (Islamic marriage) with Magomedova. On the same day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan detained him. He confessed to the murder and was arrested for two months.

In December 2023, the president of the Center for Research on Global Issues of Modernity and Regional Problems "Caucasus. World. Development" Said Sirazhudinoff published a report titled "Domestic Violence in the North Caucasus: Report on the Results of Monitoring the Situation in the Region and Analysis of Judicial Practice". According to the report, in Ingushetia and Chechnya, the threat to women often comes from the family itself, while in Dagestan, murders of women by outsiders occur much more frequently, with many cases of murders during quarrels and during property theft.