An incident involving an intoxicated man who got into a fight with a pensioner has been recorded in Bishkek. According to the Oktyabrsky District Police Department press service, the report was received by the Bishkek Main Police Department's '102' service.
Conflict details and detention
According to preliminary data, the participant in the conflict was 31-year-old citizen T.A., born in 1995. While intoxicated, he fought a man born in 1964. When police officers attempted to take the detainee to the district department, the young man resisted and tried to flee.
The suspect was subsequently detained and taken to the Oktyabrsky District Police Department. Measures were taken against him under Article 126 of the Code of the Kyrgyz Republic on Offenses (petty hooliganism), after which he was placed in a temporary detention cell.
Refuting rumors of use of force
The department also commented on a circulating video claiming that police officers used physical force against the detainee. The Oktyabrsky District Police Department stated that the results of the investigation did not confirm these claims.
Context
Law enforcement authorities have launched a pre-investigation inquiry into the matter.
