Abulfazl Rajabi of the city of Miyana, South Azerbaijan who was allegedly tortured to death was buried in the city’s cemetery 6 months after his death. The victim’s parents and his legal counsel insist that the 20 years old victim was severely beaten, tortured and ill-treated while being held in the solitary confinement of the Miyana Police Division.
However, the city’s prosecutor has repudiated the allegations and claimed that Mr. Rajabi “hanged himself to death using his underpants’ rubber band”, an allegation ridiculed by victim’s family and human rights’ activists.
İn an audio statement released by the victim’s lawyer, the victim’s father said he was confident his son “was tortured to death in a failed attempt to coerce a confession to a crime of theft which he did not commit.”
The victim’s legal counsel also released a statement emphasizing his client was a healthy young man and that the victim neither suffered any mental issue nor was he suicidal.
The victim’s body was being kept in the city’s morgue for a vigilant forensic investigation, the result of which has not been released for mysterious motives.