26 members of the gang stand trial presided by Judge Ali Seyfaliyev.

Defendant Ibrahim Bagirov answered lawyer Adil Ismayilov's questions on the murder of criminalist Rovshan Aliyev.

He said that he planned to meet with Haji Mammadov that day, but they could not meet, APA reports.

Then Agil Huseynov, deputy chairman of International Bank Sebayel branch gave free testimony and found himself innocent. He said that he gave a credit illegally by Elchin Aliyev's order.

The third defendant Hussain Abdulvahabov gave testimony about his visit to Azerbaijani.

"I brought my family to Azerbaijan because of the war in Chechnya. My brother Sidek Abdulvahabov also lived here. I wanted to go back to Chechnya, but the border was closed. I always wanted to work in favour of Azerbaijan. I informed USSR and Azerbaijan KGB (State Security Committee) about Armenian's plan to occupy Nagorno Karabakh a year before the war," he said.

Abdulvahabov accused the court of a loyal attitude to Haji Mammadov.

"Haji blames me in his testimonies. But the court does not let me to clarify the accusations," he said.

The trial will continue with Abdulvahabov's testimony in the second half of the day.