“My name has a formal character” |
The accused thinks that the investigation was conducted with bias
Regarding the explosion that took place in the “Location” night club in Baku and killed 4 people crime none of the three people involved in the investigation plead not guilty.
Rasul Rasulov, an administrator at “Mercer food” LLC, which leased the facility, Orkhan Safarov, the company’s founder, and the State Department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations Fire 2nd Territory State of the Control Service Fire To the work of inspector Ruslan Mammadov of the Territorial Administration Baku In the Court of Serious Crimes judge It is reviewed under the chairmanship of Faig Ganiyev.
Held on July 25 court from the victims at the meeting Fair Mehdiyev’s representative filed a civil lawsuit and demanded compensation for the damage caused to him. He requested that all three accused be recognized as civil defendants.
However judge he did not accept the civil claim on the grounds that it was not submitted in accordance with the requirements of the legislation.
Prosecutor Babakhan Hasanaliyev announced the charge. It turned out that from the accused persons MFA employee in negligence causing death and two others also fire accused of violating safety rules.
None of the three people who responded to the charges pleaded guilty. Then the interrogation stage began.
Rasul Rasulov did not want to testify at this stage.
Orkhan Safarov spoke in detail. He said that although his name was mentioned as a co-founder of “Mercer food” LLC in the official documents, this was of a formal nature, and in reality he was not related to the night club. According to him, he was at the object in question only once during the day.
Orkhan Safarov said the following about how he became a co-founder of the company:
“When reading the indictment, it is clear that the investigation was conducted with bias. What is written there has nothing to do with me. Israel Usubov was the founder. Company 2018Founded by Israel and Aykhan. First, it functioned as a tea house next to Narimanov’s statue. I had no contact with this company at that time. I became friends with Israel Usubov. After the pandemic, relations between Aykhan and Israel worsened, and their joint business also broke up. Israel to me trust after that, he transferred 50 percent of the company owned by Aykhan to my name. This happened at the insistence of Israel. Although my name is on the documents, this is the actual work execution I didn’t do it, I wasn’t an administrator. When necessary, the company’s lawyer brought the documents and I signed them. For example, they said that it is necessary to sign a lease agreement at “ASAN Service”, so I went and signed it. I did not know about those who were there. But somehow explosion after that, they found me guilty.”
Rasul Rasulov, one of the accused, said in his statement to the investigation that Orkhan Safarov was giving him instructions as an administrator. However, he did not confirm this statement in the confrontation.
Orkhan Safarov emphasized that there is no evidence to confirm that he is the lessee of the night club:
“I did not take part in the construction of the object, nor did I expect income or profit from it. Because I visited Hajj in 2015. I would not want the income from alcohol. I did not hire anyone there. I don’t know the workers, nor do they know me. I went once during the day – as a guest, and then I was in the hall. I have not been in his kitchen. I have not supervised any work…”
The accused Ruslan Mammadov, unlike the other two people, is not in prison. Although he was in prison for two months before. Later he was released under house arrest. This crime of work court and about him when his investigation began the police preventive measure was chosen.
He said that he was assigned to the area where the night club is located 1 month before the incident. When the incident happened, the “Location” club had been operating there for less than a month. MFA the employee says that they did not inspect the facility during that time because the club did not have a TIN.
According to Ruslan Mammadov, it was the morning after the explosion that happened at night news caught He did not participate in the inspection of the scene.
In a night club explosion it happened on April 3 this year around 3 o’clock at night. As a result of the incident, 4 people died and 37 people received various degrees of injuries. 14 car1 apartment and 2 non-residential objects were damaged.
The investigation came to the conclusion that illegally in the kitchen of the club gas balloon was used. That one gas The explosion of the balloon caused destruction and fire in the building.
A total of 52 people were recognized as victims in the case. Among them “Baku Former general director of “Lift Tamir” Production Union Power Shukurov’s daughter Aysel Shukurova is also there. That night he was also injured in the club.