Sabail district court of Baku city considered the petition of the investigator regarding the chairman of the Urban Planning and Architecture Committee of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Rustamov Hijran Yagub oglu regarding the ongoing criminal case in the State Security Service.

APA reports that by the judge's decision dated 13.12.2022, Hijran Rustamov was placed under preventive detention.

In the ongoing criminal case, Hijran Rustamov is accused of abusing his official powers and embezzling 212 million 361 thousand manats of state funds intended for the implementation of construction and improvement works in the territory of the Autonomous Republic.

It should be noted that earlier in this case, various senior officials of the State Customs Committee of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the Minister of Finance of the NMR were brought to justice and arrested.