The Tajik Prosecutor-General's Office said on June 26 that it had launched a probe into the suspected abduction of Shuhrat Ismatulloev, the deputy chairman of one of the Central Asian nation’s leading banks, Oriyonbank. The Interior Ministry announced a $30,000 reward for information leading to finding the banker, who went missing three days earlier. According to Tajik officials, the 49-year-old Ismatulloev was forced into a black Hyundai Sonata automobile by four individuals on June 23 and taken to an unknown location. To read the original report by RFE/RL's Tajik Service click here.
Deputy Chairman Of Tajikistan's Oriyonbank Suspected Abducted
Oriyonbank Deputy Chairman Shuhrat Ismatulloev (file photo)