Investigators link Eldjarkiev's murder with large embezzlement in Ingushetia

Yakub Belkhoroev, a former head of the Ingush branch of the Social Insurance Fund, accused of embezzling 19 million roubles, is checked for involvement in the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Centre "E" in Ingushetia, and other terror acts, Rostislav Rassokhov, Deputy Head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has informed.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that on July 22, investigators began bringing charges under a terrorist article to those detained within the case of the attempt on the life of the head of the Ingush CCE, Ibragim Eldjarkiev, in January 2019.

According to Mr Rassokhov, GUROVD (Chief Republic's Interior Department) officers are investigating two high-profile interconnected cases – the theft of more than 19 million roubles from the Ingush branch of the Social Insurance Fund and the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Centre for Countering Extremism (Centre "E") of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia, and his brother, committed on November 2, 2019, in Moscow.

Rostislav Rassokhov has recalled that Yakub Belkhoroev, a former head of the Ingush branch of the Russian Social Insurance Fund, who had also worked as Mayor of Magas, was accused of the above multi-million embezzlement.

Yakub Belkhoroev "is checked for involvement in committing terrorist crimes," but so far he is only charged with the embezzlement, Mr Rassokhov has noted.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on December 9, 2020 at 09:59 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.