In Dagestan, missing resident found murdered

Khanifat Gichueva, a resident of the Chernyaevka village, Kizlyar District of Dagestan, told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that her husband Sheikhulislam Abusupyanov, who disappeared on November 18, was found dead.

"His body was found on the bank of the Terek River with numerous gunshot wounds and traces of torture. Now, the body is in the morgue, and my husband's brother went to take it," said the woman.

"My husband left in his car for Kizlyar with documents for the Technical Inventory Bureau. A few hours later I called him by phone, but nobody answered. I made many calls later, but with the same result. He didn't come home by the night. Then I called Sheikhulislam's relatives; and they visited all the militia stations, but were told that nobody knew about Sheikhulislam's whereabouts. My husband's brother filed an application to the district prosecutor," she said.

Khanifat Gichueva added that her husband was registered by the militia as a follower of the Salafi version of Islam. "He was repeatedly summoned to the militia without any explanations of the reasons. Last year our house was surrounded by power agents, who came from other regions. When my husband showed them his certificate of a participant of the war in Chechnya, they left, saying that local law enforcers had indicated him as a militant," the woman said.

The press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Dagestan and the Kizlyar ROVD (District Interior Division) told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that they had no information about the incident.

See earlier reports: "Resident of Nevinnomyssk states disappearance of her 12-year-old daughter in Makhachkala," "A man was kidnapped in Dagestan, rights defenders report," "Rally against kidnappings and power structures' arbitrariness held in Dagestan."