The prosecutor’s office sent to court an indictment against two participants in the abduction of Crimean Tatar activist Reshat Ametov. This is stated in the press service of the prosecutor’s office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Aqyar (Sevastopol).
“At the end of 2019, the prosecutor’s office and the autonomy police identified and reported suspicions to the indicated persons. Then, thanks to the joint work of law enforcement officers and human rights activists, without access to the territory, the place where the crime was committed and the body of the victim, it was possible to establish the circumstances of the crime. This was an important intermediate step. Continuing the investigation, my colleagues and I resorted to various mechanisms for collecting evidence, as a result of which we received irrefutable evidence that the accused committed this and other crimes”,- said Ihor Ponochovnyy, head of the ARC Prosecutor’s Office.
The accused will be tried for deprivation of liberty or kidnapping (Part 3 of Article 146 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, as amended in 2014), encroachment on the territorial integrity of Ukraine (Part 2 of Article 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, as amended in 2014) and participation in an illegal armed formation ( Part 2 of Article 260 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, as amended in 2014).
The actions of the accused are also qualified as high treason.
We remind you that Reshat Ametov is the first victim of the Russian occupiers in Crimea. 9 years ago, on March 3, 2014, Reshat Ametov was kidnapped by unknown persons in camouflage uniforms in the center of Simferopol, where he was holding a single picket against the occupation of Crimea. The man’s body was found on March 15 in a field in the village of Zemlianychne, Bilohirsk district, with stab wounds in the left eye socket and other numerous injuries. His head was bound with tape and his hands were handcuffed. He left behind three young children.