In Tashkent, a preventive inspector detained after a conflict with Ministry of Justice employees

What happened

A preventive inspector of the Yangihayot district police department has been taken into custody as a pre-trial restraint measure following a conflict with employees of the Ministry of Justice. Kun.uz reports this, citing a court ruling. According to documents of the district prosecutor's office's preliminary investigation, the suspect is Ya.R., born in 1989, who held the position of preventive inspector in the prevention department of the police department.

Course of events according to the investigation

On October 3, 2026, three state executors of the district department of the Ministry of Justice arrived at the address of the debtor M.A. to collect a debt of 7 million 407 thousand soums under an enforcement order. The debtor and his family locked the door of the house, after which the executors called preventive inspector Ya.R. for assistance. Ya.R. and two more police department employees arrived at the call, after which a conflict broke out between the police department and Ministry of Justice employees.

Mutual claims and accusations

The police department asserts that two Ministry of Justice employees used physical force and caused bodily injuries, obstructing lawful activity. According to the version set out in the investigative documents, the Ministry of Justice employees were forcibly, with the use of force, placed into an official vehicle and taken to the administrative building of the Yangihayot district police department to give an explanation, as a result of which the collection of the debt of 7.4 million soums in favor of the state did not take place. It is also stated that from 11:00 to 11:17 they were held in a special official vehicle, deprived of their freedom. An examination established that the Ministry of Justice employees had minor bodily injuries.

Pre-trial restraint measure

Ya.R. is suspected of committing crimes under three articles of the Criminal Code at once: unlawful deprivation of liberty with the use of force (Article 138, Part 2, subparagraph 'a'), abuse of power or official authority (Article 206, Part 2, subparagraph 'v'), and resistance to a public official or a person performing a civic duty (Article 219, Part 2). The prosecutor stated in the motion that Ya.R., accused of committing a less serious crime, if left at liberty, might commit a new crime and flee from the investigative authorities. The Yangihayot district criminal court granted the motion and applied a pre-trial restraint measure in the form of detention to him.