The trial of 14 people accused in the murder of Shohrat Ismattuloev, deputy chairman of Tajikistan’s Orienbank, has started.
According to information obtained by RFE/RL’s Tajik Service, the trial is taking place in a temporary detention center behind closed doors.
Ismattuloev’s body was found on August 15, two months after his abduction from Dushanbe. Security video showed the 49-year-old banker was forced into a car in early June by unidentified people. Two former top-ranked police officers are among the accused.
Orienbank is one of Tajikistan’s leading banks and has links to the family of President Emomali Rahmon.
