A 20-year-old man died in a military unit of Tashkent province. First, the military officials told the parents that the guy had committed suicide, then they said that he had been shot dead.

According to the press service of the General Prosecutor's Office, on January 11 at about 10:15 a conscript shot himself in the head with an AKS-74 assault rifle. He died on the spot.

Reportedly, the medical staff of the military unit immediately took him to the central clinical hospital of the Ministry of Defense.

“Currently, the Tashkent Military Prosecutor’s Office is conducting a probe,” the press service added.

Relatives of the deceased said they suspected that the young man had been beaten to death.

“We send our son Mirzhalol Imamov to military service on May 4 last year. On January 11, at 17:30, the military called my husband and said: “Your son shot himself.” The father was shocked and speechless. Then, after I picked up the phone and said: “What are you talking about, my son could not have killed himself,” they said: “We detained six or seven soldiers, and now the investigation is underway. Your son was shot." That is, at first he said that my son had shot himself, then he said that he had been shot. The last time he called on the morning of New Year's Day and said that God willing, he would return in March. When I asked for the exact date, he did not say and added that it would be a surprise, ”said the mother of the deceased.

According to relatives, there are various injuries on the body of the deceased. In particular, his two front teeth were broken and the upper part of his eyebrow was cracked. Based on this, they suspect that Mirjalol could have been beaten to death.

The Ministry of Defense also reported that a forensic medical examination was appointed, prosecutors are conducting an appropriate check.