The governor of Jizzakh and the deputy prosecutor of Syrdarya were detained. The State Security Service informed darakchi.uz about this.
According to the report, the chief specialist of the construction, communications, utilities, ecology, and landscaping department of the Sh. Rashidov district administration in Jizzakh region won the trust of the head of a LLC operating in the construction sector, demanding $30,000 in exchange for obtaining permission to construct 8 multi-storey buildingson 1.7 hectares of land allocated for the construction of a general secondary school building in the “Tokchilik” MFY area by the relevant decision of the district governor.
On July 5 of this year, the chief specialist received $10,000 of the requested amount and gave it to the district governor.
On July 8, he also received the remaining $20,000 from the entrepreneur and provided him with documents permitting the construction of multi-storey buildings issued by the governor.
Subsequently, during a meeting with the district leader in front of the administration building, the chief specialist was giving him $10,000 when the State Security Service officers halted their illegal actions..
Currently, the governor of Sh. Rashidov district has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity, and criminal proceedings have been initiated against him under Article 210 of the Criminal Code, and against the chief specialist under Articles 168 and 211 of the Criminal Code.
In a case observed in the Syrdarya region, the deputy prosecutor of Gulistan city, abusing his official position, demanded a bribe of10 thousand US dollars from the head of a LLC active in the agricultural sector in Boyovut district, in exchange for not applying the “detention” precautionary measure within the scope of a criminal case initiated under Articles 168 and 167 of the Criminal Code by the Investigative Group of Boyovut district Department of Internal Affairs, and for later resolving the case in favor of the suspect.
During a rapid response operation conducted by the State Security Service, the law enforcer was caught red-handed receiving the demanded amount of money in his office.
Currently, criminal proceedings have been initiated against the deputy prosecutor under Articles 168 and 28,211 of the Criminal Code.
In both cases, the “detention” precautionary measure has been applied against the said officials, and investigative actions are being carried out.
