The investigation asked to arrest the rector of KFU Ilshat Gafurov in the case of contract murder

The investigation asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to arrest the rector of KFU Ilshat Gafurov in the murder case. this with reference to the press service of the court. reports Interfax

Gafurov was charged with two counts - incitement and preparation for murder (part 4 of article 33, part 1 of article 30, part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code) and incitement to murder committed for hire by a group of persons (part 4 of article 33, points "g" and “h” part 2 of article 105 of the Criminal Code).

The detention of the rector became known this morning. Sources from the local publication Business Online claimed that the rector could have been detained on suspicion of a contract killing committed in the 1990s. Realnoe Vremya wrote about investigative actions in Yelabuga.

Business Online . notes that we may be talking about the murder of Elabuga deputy Aidar Israfilov in 1999 According to the publication, Israfilov was the “unofficial owner” of the city market in Yelabuga and could not agree on the amount that should be given to the city budget with the city administration, which was headed by Gafurov in 1998.

In 1999, a case of extortion was opened against Israfilov, and he left Tatarstan for Moscow. There he was shot dead in the parking lot near the market at the CSKA sports complex by 22-year-old killer from Naberezhnye Chelny Igor Kulyasov.

According to Business Online , the son of Elabuga crime boss Oleg Muzlov, Denis, who was sentenced to 20 years, told investigators that in the 90s he received an order from Gafurov to spy on the deputy. The reason was a conflict between the deputy and the organized crime group from Naberezhnye Chelny “29th complex”, in which Muzlov Jr. worked part-time.

Updated and corrected at 15:18 and 15:30. Added information about Israfilov. Initially, the news, with reference to RIA Novosti, erroneously reported that Gafurov was accused of murder; in reality he is accused of incitement and preparation for murder. The headline of the news has been changed.