The city prosecutor's office received information about the death of Ganira Mehdikhanli, born in 1938, in the house where she lived in Sumgayit on June 25 at 03:00.
The Prosecutor General's Office told APA that preliminary investigations revealed suspicions that the victim's granddaughter Nijat Aliyev, born in 1995, strangled Ganira Mehdikhanli to death with a rope during a personal conflict.
The Sumgayit City Prosecutor's Office launched a criminal case under Article 120.1 (premeditated murder) of the Criminal Code.
Nijat Aliyev was detained as a suspect and is under investigation.
Necessary investigative measures are underway in the criminal case.
APA reports that Nijat Aliyev strangled his grandmother to death with a shoelace.
Teacher and poetess Ganira Mehdikhanli has worked as the head of the Sumgayit branch of the Azerbaijan Ashugs Union for 30 years.