Another high -ranking official of Nakhchyana was arrested

The Sabail District Court of Baku considered the investigator’s petition against the chairman of the Committee on Urban Planning and Architecture of the Nakhchyan Autonomous Republic of Khijran Yagube oglu Rustamov in connection with the ongoing criminal case in the state security service.

APA reports that the decision of the judge of December 13, 2022 against Hijran Rustamov chose a preventive measure in the form of arrest.

, in the framework of the ongoing criminal case, Hijran Rustamov is accused of abuse of authority and embezzlement of 212 million 361 thousand manata of state funds intended for construction and improvement in the Nakhchivansky Autonomous Republic.

Previously, senior officials of the State Customs Committee and Minister of Finance Nar.