Tashkent’s Shaykhantakhur district criminal court , at its July 19 meeting, completed the review of the case of street gangs and crime groups, in which Bakhtiyor Kudratullaev, a.k.a. Bakhti of Tashkent, and 36 other persons were defendants.
The court found Bakhtiyor Kudratullayev guilty under several articles of the Criminal Code and sentenced him to 20 years in prison. The prosecutor had previously asked for 20 years in prison.
In November-December last year, law enforcement bodies carried out large-scale raids to identify and arrest street gangs and crime groups. The first deputy chief of the Tashkent city police department, Doniyor Tashkhodzhaev, underscored that the operation to detain the suspects began after careful collection of evidence and preparation, which lasted “not one or two days, but months and even years.”
Previously, the courts handed down sentences against Azlarkhon Mukhamedzhanov (5 years), Sunatulla Kholmuradov (7.5 years), Umidjon Urinov (6 years 11 months), Alibek Fayziev (12 years), Olimjon Amonov (4 years), Bakhodir Sultanov (Boho caretaker", 10 years old) and Niyoza Ibodov (4 years old) and others.
