The head of the criminal investigation department in North Ossetia is suspected of accepting bribes.

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In North Ossetia, the head of the criminal investigation department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and three of his subordinates are suspected of accepting bribes; one of them has been taken into custody, the others are under house arrest.

The head of the criminal investigation department of the OMVD for the Pravoberezhny District of North Ossetia, his deputy, and two detectives are suspected of bribery.

A criminal case has been opened under paragraphs "a" and "b" of Part 5 of Article 290 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (accepting a bribe), Interfax wrote on February 3, citing the press service of the FSB Directorate for North Ossetia.

According to investigators, the aforementioned security officials systematically extorted bribes from residents of North Ossetia and other republics for "failure to hold them administratively and criminally liable."

The Investigative Committee of Russia's North Ossetia branch clarified in a post on its official Telegram channel that last September, the chief of the criminal investigation department and his deputy demanded a bribe from a local resident for "failure to conduct a series of investigations aimed at establishing his involvement in the crime." The man gave them part of the agreed-upon sum, but then reported the incident to law enforcement.

In October of that same year, the deputy chief and two of his subordinates, while in Beslan, demanded a bribe from a resident of a neighboring republic for refusing to take him to a police station to face administrative charges for disturbing the peace. The man handed them the requested amount.

At the request of the investigation, the deputy chief of the police department was placed in custody, and the remaining defendants in the case were placed under house arrest.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs for North Ossetia announced on its Telegram channel that an internal investigation had been launched into the incident, and the officers in question had been suspended from their duties. If found guilty, they will be fired.

Previously, "Caucasian Knot" reported that at the end of September, Valery Golota, head of the Russian National Guard for North Ossetia, and several of his subordinates were detained in connection with a bribery case. In October, three more agency employees were detained, then three more.