BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 24. Authorities in
Azerbaijan searched the home of the former MP Gultakin Hajibayli,
as part of a widening criminal investigation involving former
senior official Ramiz Mehdiyev and several others, Trend reports.
The State Security Service (SSS) summoned Hajibayli for
questioning as a witness within the framework of the case.
Ramiz Mehdiyev is accused under Articles 278.1 (actions aimed at
seizing state power), 274 (treason), and 193-1.3.2 (legalization of
property obtained by criminal means) of the Criminal Code of
Azerbaijan.
As part of the criminal case, the chairman of the Popular Front
Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), Ali Karimli, his adviser Mammad
Ibrahim, as well as the former head of the Secretariat of the
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS) and former employee
of the Presidential Administration, Eldar Amirov, have been
arrested.
