Arrest of criminal nicknamed Chach upheld

AKIPRESS.COM - Court in Bishkek upheld the arrest of member of organized crime gang Ernis Murzakhmedov (nicknamed Chach).
He will stay in custody until the end of the investigation, the press service of the State National Security Committee reported.
Murzakhmedov was detained on November 20 during operative actions aimed at revealing and suppression of activity of the organized criminal groups in Chui region.
The detainee was taken to pre-trial detention facility of the State National Security Committee.
The detainee was previously involved in the gang of crime boss Almanbet Anapiayev, who was killed in 2015 in Belarus.
The detainee is suspected of committing a number of crimes in Kyrgyzstan and was involved in shootings in Jalal-Abad region and other high-profile criminal cases.
His criminal group was used by the former head of Kyrgyzneftegaz oil company Bostonov to commit unlawful actions against entrepreneurs and other residents of the region, who repeatedly complained to law enforcement bodies against them.