In Chechnya, militia detains a suspect of kidnapping a girl

The local MIA reports that a young man suspected of kidnapping a minor back in 1999 has been detained.

"In the Leninskiy District of Grozny, law enforcers detained, on the basis of their available operative data, a 29-year-old local resident. He is suspected of taking part in November 1999 in kidnapping a minor girl, also a resident of Grozny. Now the detainee is in custody interrogated by inspectors," a Chechen militiaman told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent and added that the kidnapping of the 15-year-old girl had been accomplished by a group of criminals.

"On this fact in March 2000 a criminal case was opened under Article 126 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("kidnapping"). With account of the fact that the kidnapping was committed by a group of persons, through violence and with firearms, and a minor was kidnapped, should the guilt of the detainee be proved, he is under threat of up to ten years of imprisonment," said the source.

See earlier reports: "Ombudsman of Chechnya complains of inspectors' passiveness in searching kidnapped persons," "A hundred new complaints submitted to European Court from Chechnya this year," "Resident of Chechnya kidnapped several months ago announced to be liquidated militant."