The forensic expert reported pressure from security forces. Previously, he refused to exclude data on beatings from the report

In the Dagestan city of Buynaksk, the security forces are putting pressure on the forensic medical expert Gadzhi Magomedov, who earlier refused to remove information about the beatings on the body of the detainee from the report. about this . Magomedov told the "Caucasian Knot"

“They came home several times, supposedly to check the safe for storing weapons, then they checked the documents for the gas meter. The car began to be constantly stopped under far-fetched pretexts, a protocol was drawn up for not wearing a seat belt. It was evident that there was a direct persecution, ”the publication quotes the word of the forensic expert.

On July 28, Magomedov arrived at the department of law enforcement agencies, the name of which is not published by the "Caucasian Knot". The expert was summoned there to conduct a forensic medical examination of a local resident Timur Arslanbekov - had previously written about his detention. the Dagestani newspaper Chernovik

Magomedov examined the man: "In the presence of the investigator, I recorded beatings and other injuries - multiple bruises, abrasions." Arslanbekov, according to the "Caucasian Knot", told the forensic expert about how he got these injuries.

The head of the power structure was dissatisfied with the fact that Magomedov documented the beatings of the detainee. “I was asked not to record the facts of beatings and injuries, but I did not follow their lead and did everything as prescribed by law,” the expert emphasized in an interview with the publication.

The "Caucasian Knot" also cites a commentary by an employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, who spoke to journalists on condition of anonymity. The policeman called Magomedov an honest employee of the forensic medical examination, who was not afraid to record traces of beatings.

“Often, experts “listen” to the requests of police officers and investigators. What is reflected in the results of the examination. This case can be called indicative, when the medical examiner openly refused not to record obviously obvious beatings. The dissatisfaction on the part of [the security forces] and the subsequent conflict were obvious,” the policeman said.