MAKHACHKALA, July 6 The former head of the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, Magomed Omarov, was detained at night in his house in the village and taken to Makhachkala, wrote the chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of the republic Shamil Khadulaev in on his Telegram channel.
«Magomed Omarov was detained at night in his house in the village of Sergokala and (he) was immediately taken to Makhachkala,» the message says.
Earlier, a source in law enforcement agencies reported that Omarov was detained on suspicion of money laundering on a particularly large scale.
In Derbent and Makhachkala on June 23, armed militants attacked two Orthodox churches, two synagogues and a traffic police post. According to the latest data, 22 people died as a result of the attack, and more than 40 were injured. In the region, June 24, 25 and 26 were declared days of mourning. Security forces killed five militants involved in these terrorist attacks, their identities have been established.
After the terrorist attack, Omarov was fired from his post as head of the Sergokalinsky district, and then arrested for ten days under the article of petty hooliganism. Later, information appeared in Dagestan Telegram channels that his sons allegedly asked the residents of the republic for forgiveness for their brother, who was eliminated during the counter-terrorism operation. A relative of the family confirmed that this appeal was made by the sons of the former head of the district, including Omar Omarov, who heads the MFC in Makhachkala.