A resident of Ingushetia is suspected of involvement in Gurazhev's group.

A resident of the village of Psedakh, suspected of assisting Amirkhan Gurazhev's militants and setting up weapons caches, has been taken into custody.

As reported by the Caucasian Knot, on March 3, 2024, Amirkhan Gurazhev and five others—Zelimkhan Tsuroyev, Magomed Barkinkhoyev, Tagir Tsuroyev, Mikail Tutayev, and Bers Chemurziev—were killed during a counterterrorism operation in Karabulak. Security forces declared the dead to be militants of the Islamic State terrorist organization, banned in Russia.

Security forces confirmed the connection between the imams' detention and the group's case Gurazheva

A resident of the village of Psedakh has become a suspect in participating in an illegal armed group and providing assistance to militants, Interfax reported today, citing the republic's Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation.

"According to investigators, in 2023, the accused voluntarily joined an illegal armed group whose goal was to commit crimes against law enforcement officers and government officials in Ingushetia," the agency quoted the agency as saying.

Investigators believe that the man provided militants with accommodation free of charge, transported them in his car, provided food and medicine, and set up at least four hiding places for them to store firearms and ammunition.

According to law enforcement agencies, the suspect is a resident of Psedakh, born in 1953, who assisted militants from Amirkhan Gurazhev's group in March-April 2023, writes agency.

A preventive measure in the form of detention has been chosen.

The man is suspected under Part 2 of Article 208 of the Russian Criminal Code (participation in an illegal armed group; carries a prison sentence of eight to 15 years), according to a publication on the website of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Ingushetia.

"At the request of the investigative authorities, the court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of detention for him," the publication notes.

As a reminder, on March 28, 2023, an attack occurred on a traffic police post on the border between Ingushetia and North Ossetia. Six residents of Ingushetia were placed on the wanted list. Two of them were later found dead. A counter-terrorism operation was declared, but the wanted men managed to evade security forces twice more after shootouts – on April 3 in Malgobek and on April 5 in Zyazikov-Yurt.

On April 7, 2023, one of them surrendered to police, and on April 8, another wanted man was detained. Amirkhan Gurazhev and Adam Ozdoyev remained wanted. Details of the series of incidents in Ingushetia are collected in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Activation of the Armed Underground in Ingushetia in Spring 2023".

"Caucasian Knot" is also keeping a chronicle "Ingushetia. Chronicle of Terrorist Attacks, Shelling, and Abductions".