Court verdict on contract killing of Tefekkur University vice-rector

The appeal hearing on the high-profile case of the murder of Tefekkur University vice-rector Tariel Akhmedov has been completed in Baku. The court upheld the verdict of three defendants – Mushfig Atakishiyev, Dayanat Guliyev and Samir Guliyev, oxu.az reports. The hearing was held in the Baku Court of Appeal under the chairmanship of Judge Farid Eyyubov. The decision of the court of first instance remained in force – each of the defendants was sentenced to 14 years and 6 months in prison.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the crime was committed on September 16, 2011. The investigation established that the person who ordered the murder out of revenge was the rector of the university, Mushfig Atakishiyev. He ordered his relative Dayanat Guliyev to organize the murder of Vice-Rector Tariel Akhmedov, whom he considered an obstacle to maintaining his position and business authority.

Mushvig Atakishiyev and Dayanat Guliyev were accused of organizing a contract killing (Article 32.3, 120.2.5 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan), and Samir Guliyev was accused of carrying it out (Article 120.2.5 of the Criminal Code). All three were arrested, and the case was transferred to the Baku Court of Grave Crimes.

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