The Volgograd region investigating bodies of the Russia’s Investigative Committee have opened a criminal case against to local residents: Evrik Ashigov and Yasha Arutyunov and a resident of the Lipetsk region – Valery Beloglazov. Depending on the role of each one they are suspected of crimes under part 1 of article 30, paragraphs “g, h” of part 2 of article 105 (preparations for a murder by a group of persons under a preliminary conspiracy and by hire) and part 1 of article 222 of the RF Criminal Code (illegal storage of arms).
According to invormation acquired by investigators, Evrik Ashigov, 65, and his son, 41, had had a joint business, and after its division the father was no as successful as the son was. This was why the father demanded 2 million rubles, but the son refused to pay. Then Ashigov decided to get rid of his son by ordering his killing. Through his friend Arutyunov he hired two killers – Beloglazov and Vladimir Stepanov, promising to pay 800 thousand rubles. The would-be killers received all the information about their victim: the house where he lived was shown to them, the car, a photograph and the road he usually takes. The murder was planned for 27 June, but at the last moment Stepanov fearing that after the murder he would be killed too as an unnecessary witness turned to the law enforcement bodies. Investigators and policemen planned search and investigation operations which prevented the contract murder. During the examination of the car, in which the killers arrived at the crime scene the investigators found and seized a PM pistol and two canisters of petrol with which they had intended to burn the car.
Presently all the accomplices are detained. Investigation operations are under way to find all circumstances of the crime and evidence of guilt of each.
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