The state-run newspaper reported that six detainees had died since the January riots, the national portal Adyrna reported, citing Orda.kz.
Rizabek Ozharov, head of the Prosecutor General's Office's special prosecutor's office, told Kazakhstanskaya Pravda about the deaths.
He also told that the supervisory body had received a high-profile case of torture in connection with the use of an iron on a resident of Taldykorgan. We were talking about Azamat Batyrbayev, who took part in the demolition of the monument to the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. The special prosecutor clarified that he was still in the pre-trial detention center.
"Investigations into these facts are underway, and we will definitely report on their results. But I can say that such crimes are not widespread, "Ozharov said.
National portal "Adyrna"
