Azerbaijani opposition leader's case to be sent to court

The Chairman of the National Statehood Party of Azerbaijan (NSPA), Nemat Panahli's case will be sent to the court in order to have him arrested as a preventive measure towards him, the Interior Ministry's ress service deputy chief Ehsan Zahidov told Trend.

According to him, a criminal case has been filed under Article 221.3, pertaining to hooliganism committed with application of a weapon or subjects, used as the weapon, of the Criminal Code towards Panahli and another detainee Ceyhun (surname not disclosed).

Baku resident Eldaniz Rzayev called the Interior Ministry's service 102 and informed that Nemat Panahli and a certain Ceyhun had threatened him on the Mirali Gashqai street of the Nizami district.

Based on the complaint, the abovementioned persons were arrested. The Interior Ministry's official representative reported that after medical examination Rzayev was hospitalized and the investigation revealed that a dispute took place during a car purchase deal.

"Rzayev, who was subjected to beating, bought a car from Panahli. On the day of the incident on the Mirali Gashqai Street, technical problems were found in the car. Rzayev phoned Panahli and reported the problems. Panahli met Rzayev and as a result of a dispute, beat the buyer," Zahidov said.

The ministry's representative denied the information spread by some media outlets about the connection of Panahli's case with the arrest of the chairman of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan.


/Trend/