General Prosecutor Office, Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Committee of National Security of Tajikistan created the operational committee of inquiry in order to investigate what yesterday has happened in the Khorugh events, resulting in the deaths of people.

Press centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports details of the incident in Khorugh. «On the 20th of May at the territory of Vanj region there was arrested Shirinbek Shirinbekov, a resident of Shughnon who was found with 17 kilograms of hashish.

The hashish was seized. During the investigative action it was found that arrested received hashish from his compatriot, 42 -year-old Munavvar Shanbiev in order to deliver a consignment of drugs to Dushanbe. Giving evidence of detainee filmed on video in the presence of witnesses, “said the law enforcement agency.

On the eve of May 21, the head of Department of Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Khorugh, B. Bahtidavlatov attempted to detain Shanbiev on suspicion of involvement in the drug trafficking.  “However, Shanbiev hit a police car on his jeep in the territory of Khorugh. Residents of Khorugh, 38 -year-old Sobir Khudoikhonov and 40 -year-old Fraydun Abdurasulov opened fire to the police from the car of Shanbiev, resulting of injuries of various degrees of police officers David Niyozbekov, Khushvakh Kushanbekov, Maruf Zevarshoev and Alisho Hamroev. Khuudoikhonov S. was killed and two of the attackers were injured and hospitalized by fire back of the officers of Ministry of Internal Affairs, "- said in a statement.

It is also reported that after the incident, a group of young people, residents of Khorugh set on fire an official car of the police, the building of the Department of Ministry of Internal Affairs of Khorugh town, the building of Prosecutor Office and Court of GBAO. They did not allow to the fire service to extinguish the fire for 3-4 hours. During the riot, a 23 -year-old intern of the Department of Ministry of Internal Affairs, Gavhar Ashurov, died from the received injuries.