Official arrested for aiding and abetting military service evasion

In Azerbaijan, an official was arrested on suspicion of complicity in evading military service in exchange for a bribe. Report informs, this was stated in a joint statement by the Prosecutor General’s Office and the State Service for Mobilization and Conscription.

He is Humbat Nabiyev, a senior officer of the Nizami district department of the State Service for Mobilization and Conscription. The Main Anti-Corruption Directorate of the Prosecutor General’s Office has opened a criminal case against Nabiyev on charges of receiving a bribe in the performance of his official duties.

During the investigation, it was established that in exchange for a bribe, Nabiyev helped a citizen obtain a deferment from conscription for military service. He then demanded a large bribe from the citizen in exchange for the issuance of a military certificate of unfitness for active military service in peacetime, limited fitness in wartime.

Based on the information collected, Humbat Nabiyev was detained as a suspect and then arrested by court order. He was charged under Article 311.3.3 of the Criminal Code of the Azerbaijan Republic.

“As a result of the investigation, all participants in this criminal act will be identified and brought to justice,” the joint statement said.

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