The police are verifying the veracity of the testimony.
The taxi driver, in whose car they found MP Anton Polyakov unconscious, for some time followed the car in which the MP was previously, reports with reference to.
Artem Shevchenko, Director of the Communications Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told reporters about this in a commentary on Tuesday, October 12.
“Vedomosti was not verbally sincere, let's say. The testimony that he is now giving officially, under the protocol, differs from the messages that he made right away while talking with the police officers who were trying to reanimate (Polyakova – ed.), ”Said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
“I do not know whether he cheated or not, he said that he accidentally picked up a passenger. But in fact, he did not accidentally pick up this passenger, he followed for a while, drove behind the car with our victim-passenger, drove around the city with another witness for some time, ”he added.
To a clarifying question, Shevchenko replied that he could not disclose the testimony of all persons.
“The only thing I can say is that there are no suspicions yet. If the investigation considers in the aggregate that it is possible to come out on some suspicion to someone, then the police in Kiev will inform about it very quickly, “- said the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Now, according to him, investigative actions are continuing to establish “the place, role and sincerity of each of the three witnesses.”
“There is also a third person who was also in the company with them,” he added.
Shevchenko also stressed that experts have not yet given a final answer about the influence of methadone found in Polyakov's blood on the very fact of the people's deputy's death.
In turn, the Minister of Internal Affairs Denis Monastyrsky said that a large number of examinations were assigned in the case of the death of the People's Deputy.
“The investigation continues. A large number of examinations have been assigned. I think that over time, there will be accurate results of examinations, including histological – this is still somewhere at least a week, “said Monastyrsky, adding that after that it will be possible to say about a certain version, which will be the main one.
Earlier, the lawyer of the taxi driver, in whose car they found the body of People's Deputy Anton Polyakov, said that his ward was beaten at the police station, which is why he decided to admit that he did not actually pick Polyakov at the bus stop, but the People's Deputy was transferred to him from another car and asked to be delivered home.