Incident

Incident

Three people arrested in connection with an explosion at a nightclub in Baku

04 April 2022 23:00 (UTC +04:00)

Investigation of the criminal case initiated under the relevant articles of the Criminal Code on the fact of the explosion on April 3 at about 03 am in the night club "Location", located on the first floor of a residential building on the territory of the Sabail district of Baku, as a result of which 1 person died and 37 people were injured of varying severity, as well as damage to 14 cars, 1 apartment and 2 non-residential facilities, is carried out by the Investigation Department of the Prosecutor General's Office, the prosecutor's office told APA.

The preliminary evidence collected revealed that a gas bottle with liquefied propane was used illegally in the kitchen of the facility, and in violation of the requirements of the current rules, the explosion of which led to the destruction and fire in the building.

Rasul Rasulov, who worked as an administrator in Mercer Food LLC, who rented the facility and is responsible for compliance with fire safety rules, was charged under Art. 225.2 of the Criminal Code (Violation of fire safety rules - negligently resulting in the death of the victim or other grave consequences), the founder of the same LLC-manager of the club Orkhan Safarov - under Art. 314.2 of the Criminal Code (Negligence - negligently causing the death of the victim, or other grave consequences).

At the same time, during the investigation, it was established that Ruslan Mammadov, the inspector of the Second Territorial Department of the State Fire Supervision Service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, who is responsible for ensuring fire safety in the specified territory, committed negligence in the performance of his duties, the latter was brought as an accused on article 314.2 of the Criminal Code.

In relation to all three persons, by the relevant decisions of the Binagadi district court, a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen.

The criminal investigation is currently ongoing.

The public will be regularly informed about the progress and results of the investigation.