In Ingushetia, police officers searched the imam's home

In the village of Srednie Achaluki (Ingushetia), police officers searched the home of Imam Adam Maloroev. Previously, he was interrogated as a witness in the case of a rally in Magas in March 2019. This is reported by the "Caucasian Knot".

“The house of Maloroev in the village of Srednie Achaluki was searched, law enforcement officers arrived in several armored vehicles,” the source said.

On September 30, 2020, security forces searched the homes of Maloroev, Deputy Mufti Magomed Khashtyrov, and Muftiate cameraman Abdurakhman Torshkhoev in connection with the protest action in Magas. During the searches, electronic devices were confiscated from Khashtyrov and Maloroev.

• In September 2018, the authorities of Ingushetia and Chechnya signed an agreement to change the border between the republics, after which protests began in Ingushetia. On March 26, 2019, about 10 thousand people came to the rally in Magas. About two thousand protesters remained on the square all night. In the morning they began to be dispersed, as a result of which clashes broke out between the security forces and the protesters .
• The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on incitement to mass riots (part 3 of article 212 of the Criminal Code) and the use of life-threatening and health-threatening violence against law enforcement officers (part 2 of article 318 of the Criminal Code) immediately after the March protests in Magas in 2019. In the case, according to the Memorial Human Rights Center, 44 defendants were accused of using non-dangerous violence against law enforcement officers (part 1 of article 318 of the Criminal Code). 25 sentences under this article have already entered into force.