Gen. Nazarzoda mutiny planned, financed by PIVT party - Interior Ministry
MOSCOW. Jan 25 (Interfax) - Dushanbe officials have informed Iran and Turkey of the crimes by the leader of the banned Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (PIVT), Muhiddin Kabiri; the authorities in these countries, however, have not yet arrested him, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda said at a press conference on Monday.
The PIVT leader is accused of planning and financing last year's September rebellion by a former Tajik deputy defense minister, General Khalim Nazarzoda, the minister said.
Kabiri is now wanted by Interpol, and the countries that are members of this international organization must show their respect for it, he said.
"Why is he freely traveling there, these countries should be asked, because they, too, are members of Interpol. All information regarding what happened, we sent it to Iran and EU countries but there has been no reaction from them yet," the minister said.
The special operation against Nazarzoda's group eliminated 37 terrorists, and led to the arrest of 200 rioters, and eleven of them surrendered voluntarily, the minister said.
Investigators from the prosecutor general's office have completed the inquiry into the mutiny and sent the dossier to the Supreme Court, Rahimzoda said.
He also confirmed the death, during a special operation in Afghanistan, of Amriddin Tabarov, the leader of a terrorist group called Jamaat Ansorullo. "This happened more than half a year ago," the minister said.
The Tajik Interior Minister said earlier that in 1993, Tabarov launched an attack on a Russian border outpost from Afghan territory. During the Tajik civil war, he was deputy of the leader of the United Tajik Opposition, Sayid Abdulloh Nuri. After the war, Tabarov rejected the terms of a peace accord, and joined the extremist Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan and then set up his own organization.
There were earlier repeated reports of Tabarov's death but none of them were confirmed.
