In Ingushetia, Pliev's relatives, who failed to find him in SIZO of Pyatigorsk, resume picket

Relatives of Mikail Pliev, a resident of Ingushetia who disappeared in Pyatigorsk, refute the information that Mikail was found. On March 8, his wife received a call from a man, who presented himself as an inspector and said that her husband was in SIZO (pre-trial prison) of Pyatigorsk. However, when relatives and a lawyer came there, they failed to find Mikail there, while SIZO employees asked them to come again on March 12.

The "Caucasian Knot" correspondent reports that now people are inclined to think that they had been simply deceived by the authorities who tried to escape any further mass protests and disorders.

Apart from Pliev's relatives, those of other kidnapped residents of the republic are now near the Nazran-Sleptsovsk highway ready to block it.

On March 7, President of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Evkurov was personally in the place of the spontaneous rally and convinced people to unblock the road, promising to engage all the structures to find the villager who disappeared on March 4 in Pyatigorsk. Movlatkhan, Mikail Pliev's sister, said that since the information that her brother was in the SIZO had not proved to be true, people plan to go on protesting and demanding a due investigation of the kidnapping.

"We're in full despair. Mikail is father of five small children; besides, he supports the family of our brother who died and left three children. There are witnesses who saw how Mikail was kidnapped in Pyatigorsk. But why don't they tell us where he is and what charges against are? Still, we hope that our leaders will help us," said Movlatkhan Plieva.

According to her story, yesterday, on March 8, militiamen and OMON (special antiriot militia) fighters stood near the picket; today, they are absent; therefore, it is not excluded that Mikail's relatives and other picketers will block the highway again.