The Baku Court of Court of Crime Courts continues the trial in the criminal case against the former Minister of Labor and Social Protection of the population Salim Muslimov, accused of excess of official powers and assigning 27 million manats of budget money, as well as in bribery.
According to haqqın.az, on Monday, on Monday, October 31, a court meeting was the first as a witness as the head of Ellada LLC Ahmed Bagirov. He said that he had built two private houses in the ridge by order of the ministry. For each house, he paid an employee of the ministry, Natika Azizov, 6 thousand manat.
Another witness, the bottom of Eminov, said that he built six individual houses and paid Azizov, respectively, 36 thousand manat.
The next witness interrogated in court was Sakhavat Dzalilov. The witness in his testimony said that in his name the company “Erol” was registered: “I did not know about financial affairs. They brought documents and I signed them. I was a worker, was engaged in demolition”.
Witness Shahlar Mammadov in his testimony indicated that in 2014 he built two houses in Agdasha and regrets that he took up this business: “I still could not get my money. Having built these houses, I became bankrupt. From the Ministry of Finance, they conducted an audit and set a loss of 31 thousand manat. And I did not agree with this. I filed a complaint with the court, but then asked it to withdraw it. I didn’t receive the money back. ”
Another witness, Adil Dzhabbarov, said that he had built a house in the Agdash district in 2015, but, as they explained to him, was not able to get his money due to the devaluation. The house remained unfinished.
Witness Khanlar Rustamov said that Nicat Xl was created in his name: “The next day I transferred Etibar to Etibar Iskenderov by proxy. I did not know about the company’s work. I only heard about some kind of tax failure.”
Abusalim Dzhafarov, a witness who, together with his brother Elman, built two houses in the Zagatal, said that his brother controlled financial affairs: “He gave Natika Azizov 6 thousand manat for one house and 12 thousand manat – after another.”
Witness Samir Shakhmirov showed in court that his relative created the company in his name: “My relative Elman Safarov was headed by the company. I was a worker. I signed the documents when they took money in the bank.”
Witness Barat Mammadov said that Prometey was officially registered in his name: “Elman led the company, and I worked as a handbag, just signed the papers.”
The trial will continue on November 5th.
Salim Muslimov was detained in February 2021 during a special operation conducted by the state security service. In relation to him, an arrest warrant was issued. Muslimov was released under house arrest in May 2022 for health reasons. The former minister is accused of bribery for 13 million manat and embezzlement of 14 million manat. The Ministry of Finance was recognized as a victim in a criminal case.