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Prosecutor General: No news in investigation of former deputy defense minister of Azerbaijan Rail Rzayevâ€™s assassination

20 January 2010 08:11 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Rashad Suleymanov â€“ APA. There is no news in the investigation of assassination of the former deputy defense minister and Air Force and Air Defense Commander Lieutenant-General Rail Rzayev, said Prosecutor General of the republic Zakir Garalov, APA reports.

Garalov said Rail Rzayevâ€™s aide, who took some things from the Rzayevâ€™s office after his assassination, was already arrested.

Rzayevâ€™s aide Aydin Rafiyev and his son Anar Rafiyev were arrested on April 16. The investigative group of the Grave Crime Investigation Office of the Republican Prosecutorâ€™s Office searched the Rafiyevâ€™s house and Mitsubishi Pajero owned by his family. They found Rzayevâ€™s jacket and license number of his car in the Rafiyevâ€™s car. Anar Rafiyev faced charges under articles 177 (robbery) and 179 (embezzlement) of the Criminal Code and court sentenced him to two months in jail. Despite pre-trial imprisonment, charges against Aydin Rafiyev were not publicized.

The term of Aydin Rafiyevâ€™s imprisonment was prolonged for three month months on January 12, 2010 for four times.