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Investigation of criminal case on imprisoned aide to Azerbaijani former Deputy Defense Minister Rail Rzayev ends

10 February 2010 16:21 (UTC +04:00)

They said the lawyer had familiarized with the investigation materials and confirmed them. The criminal case will be soon sent to the court.

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) and court sentenced him to two months in jail.

The defendants said the registration number 10 00 HM owned by Defense Ministry and generalâ€™s winter jacket, which were found in the car, had been given by Bakhtiyar Alasgarov, personal driver of Rail Rzayev, to Aydin Rafiyev for returning to the ministry. Rafiyev did not hand them over to the Defense Ministry, as he was on leave.

Prosecutor General Zakir Garalov told journalists in October that soon after Rail Rzayevâ€™s assassination there was illegal interference in his office and some material evidences were stolen. Garalov underlined that Aydin Rafiyev and several others participated in hiding the illegal acts and were arrested for that. Prosecutor General added that it was being investigated whether the detainees directly participated in the assassination.

A year passes since the assassination of former Air Force and Air Defense Commander, Lieutenant-General Rail Rzayev.