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The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed to check information about possible corrupt ties between officials and the funeral business in one of the districts of the Krasnodar Territory

A federal channel aired a discussion about an incident in Timashevsk, Krasnodar region, where the Bureau of Forensic Medicine demanded money from the relatives of a dead woman to deliver her body to the morgue. On October 30, 2021 a businessman rendering ritual services brought the body of dead woman to the morgue of Timashevsk Region for determination of the cause of death, but the morgue refused to accept it. On October 31, the entrepreneur and his assistant brought the body of the woman to the administration of Timashevsky district. It is also reported about possible corrupt relations of district officials and law enforcement agencies with representatives of the funeral business.

The Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia instructed the head of the Krasnodar Regional Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia Maslov A.K. to check the information voiced in the broadcast and submit a report.