DUSHANBE , July 10, Asia-Plus - On Sunday July 9, Tajik was drowned in a marsh in the Saltykovsky district of the Moscow region, Karomat Sharipov, the president of the “Popular League “Tajiks” International Public Association also the head of the Tajiks Support Foundation “Tojik Diaspora”, said.  

The drowned person was proved to be 20-25-year-old resident of the Tajik eastern district of Fayzobod Habibullo (his last name has not yet been identified). 

According to Karomat Sharipov, Habibullo worked with the municipal economy department of the Saltykovsky district.  “When his friends heard about the tragedy they applied to the local emergency management agency for assistance in extracting the body from the marsh,” said Mr. Sharipov, “However, local rescuers refused, demanding money for their work.”

Sharipov says he intends to go the Saltykovsky district to find out the cause of Habibullo death and meet with top managers of the local municipal economy department.  “I also will try to find out on what grounds the emergencies employees have demanded money for doing their job,” he said.  

We will recall that 190 bodies of Tajik labor migrants have been returned to Tajikistan from the Russian Federation since the beginning of this year.