SOCIETY | 16:30 / 24.07.2019
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Head policeman handcuffs farmers, locks them in a bus in Kashkadarya

Recently, information appeared on social networks that, head of the Kasbi district police department of the Kashkadarya region Chori Kucharov organized a seminar during which he held more than ten local farmers and irrigators in the stuffy bus for two hours.

As Kun.uz was informed by the head of the “Novot Niyoz” farm Akram Novotov, he was also invited to the seminar, but as he was not feeling well Novotov asked his assistant to attend the meeting.

“On July 14, I was informed that the head of the district police department Chori Kucharov would hold a seminar. At that time I was feeling bad. Despite this, I was engaged in my work, and I asked Farrukh Dustmuradov to attend the event. But the head policeman said that I myself should come to the meeting. He noted that if I was sick, they would bring me in an ambulance. Honestly, I was physically not able to go to the seminar. Especially, as it was 50 °C outside,” the farmer said.

Farmer’s assistant Farrukh Dustmuradov said that the head policeman ordered him to bring the farmer himself.

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He also said that on that day, a special vehicle for transporting prisoners was parked on the field.

Reportedly, on July 14, 58 farmers were invited to the seminar. 11 of them were taken by bus to the district police department.

Akram Novotov, referring to his nephew, said that the district police officers had handcuffed some of the farmers.

Head of the farm “Jurayev Elyor” was also one of those who did not attend the seminar and asked his mechanic Elboy Jurayev to take part in it.

“When I came to the event, there were about 30 police officers standing there. We were placed in three rows. 13 farmers who irrigated the field twice were handcuffed. Later on, two more were added. Then we were taken to the district police department. They took our fingerprints. Why did they do it?” Elboy Jurayev said.

On July 16, Akram Novotov did not take part in the second seminar. After that, he was visited by 10 police officers.

“They wanted to take me to the police department, but since I was recording everything on video, they seemed to change their mind. They always put pressure on me. They don’t care about anything, they sometimes call me at 1 am,” he noted.

“On August 11, 2018, I was working on the field. I had my own gazebo there. Then the khokim came and called me. He told me to remake my gazebo. I said “alright, we will do”. Then a person, who was standing next to the khokim, rudely noted that I should have said, “I will do it, not we will”. Then I found out that he was the head of the district police department. I complained about his rudeness. A service check was appointed against him. After that, he regularly tries to trouble me,” the farmer said.

He even told how last year, on the order of the head policeman, an administrative case had been initiated against him and part of the harvest was taken away.

The regional police department did not comment on the above incident. The press service of the Interior Ministry said that they “are studying the case and will soon provide comments”.

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