ARRESTS IN SEPTEMBER 2021
8 September
Two Azerbaijani citizens suspected of the involvement in religious militancy have been arrested
Mansur Jumayev (born 1980) and Nasir Jahangirov (born 1971), two Azerbaijani citizens, involved in an illegal armed formation in a foreign country, were detained and prosecuted as a result of the operational and investigative measures taken by the State Security Service (SSS).
According to the investigation, in 2011, Mansur Jumayev and Nasir Jahangirov crossed the border checkpoint in Astara to Iran to join the illegal armed groups in Pakistan. In Iran, they, with the help of a fellow traveler whose identity has not been verified, illegally entered Pakistan where they took part in combat operations as members of the unit under the command of a certain Salahaddin.
In this connection, Mansur Jumayev and Nasir Jahangirov were charged under the Article 12.1, 279.1 279.1 (Creation of armed formations or groups, which are not provided by the legislation of the Azerbaijan Republic) of the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan, and the Court imposed a preventive measure in the form of arrest.