07 July 2011, 23:00
Сonvicts of Sulim Yamadaev's murder released
Maksudjon Ismatov, a citizen of Tajikistan, and the Iranian Makhdi Lorniya, who had been convicted in the case on the murder of the Hero of Russia Sulim Yamadaev, were released from the prison of Dubai and deported beyond the UAE, reported Saidmukhammod Salikhov, the Vice-Consul of Tajikistan in Dubai.
On July 7 in the night Maksudjon Ismatov was delivered to the airport and deported to his homeland, said Mr Salikhov. Makhdi Lorniya was released and deported to Iran on July 3.
Diplomatic officials from the Consulate General of Iran in Dubai rejected to confirm the information about Makhdi Lorniya's release. "This is beyond our business," the RIA "Novosti" quoted the press service official of the Consulate General as saying.
The "Caucasian Knot" correspondents reported that on December 22, 2010, the Dubai Court of Appeal commuted the life imprisonment sentence to the Iranian Makhdi Lorniya and Maksudjon Ismatov, the citizen of Tajikistan, convicted in the case on Sulim Yamadaev's assassination, for 27 months imprisonment.
