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Haji Mammadov: "I was exposed by the person whom I did not know"

30 August 2006 [20:00] - TODAY.AZ
Azerbaijan's Court of Grave Crimes today continued the trial of the gang led by Haji Mammadov, former high ranking official of the Interior Ministry Crime Investigation Department.

Haji Mammadov answered questions on contradicting nuances regarding his testimonies to the investigation and those given to the trial, "I have never thought that one day I would have been exposed by the person that I did not know," the defendant said.

Mammadov's testimony to the investigation on kidnapping and then murdering of Azermebel Industrial Concern owner Nazim Pashayev and his driver on April 1, 2005.

His extramarital partner Naila Guliyeva gave testimony, APA reports.

"I was not involved in any of these crimes. I fell repentant that I did not notify necessary bodies on time. I knew everything later on," she said.

Naila Guliyeva also informed about the murder of Nazim Pashayev and his driver.

"Haji told me about that after the murder. Husain offered this. I do not know the reason."

As coming to the murder of Azer Ismayilov, department chief of Office to Fight Narcotic Drugs, Naila said he heard his murder on television, "I suspected of Haji in this case."

Talking about the murder of the Grave Crimes Investigation Office chief Rovshan aliyev, Naila said she knew him as Mammadov's close friend.

"I was at a restaurant with Haji when Rovshan was murdered. Haji received a call and felt bad because of that," she added.

The trial will continue on 31 August.

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