The Prosecutor General’s Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have jointly issued a statement regarding the solving of a murder committed 25 years ago in Baku.
According to information provided to elchi by the Press Service of the Prosecutor General’s Office, another particularly serious crime committed in previous years has been solved by the prosecutor’s office and internal affairs bodies. Specifically, the criminal case concerning the intentional murder of Haqiqat Mammadova, born in 1961, on June 30, 2001, in the Nasimi district of Baku city, has been reopened. Comprehensive investigative actions and operational-search measures have been carried out by the Nasimi District Prosecutor’s Office and the district police department.
Through numerous measures taken, including interrogations and the analysis and coordination of results from modern expert examinations, the details of the incident have been determined, and the crime has been solved.
Based on the collected evidence, strong suspicions have been established that Rovshan Zeynalov, born in 1976 and previously convicted of intentional homicide, intentionally killed Haqiqat Mammadova, who was in a clearly helpless state.
Rovshan Zeynalov was detained by police officers on October 20, 2026, handed over to the investigation, and taken into custody as a suspect in the criminal case by the prosecutor’s office.
On October 22, R. Zeynalov was charged as a defendant under Article 120.2.9 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Azerbaijan (intentional murder of a person in a clearly helpless state) and indicted under that article.
By the decision of the Nasimi District Court, based on the investigator’s petition and the prosecutor’s submission carrying out procedural guidance of the preliminary investigation, a measure of restraint in the form of detention was chosen against him.
Currently, the preliminary investigation of the criminal case is ongoing at the Nasimi District Prosecutor’s Office.
The solving of crimes committed and left unsolved in previous years, the identification of the perpetrators of those acts, and their bringing to justice in accordance with the law are constantly kept in focus, and necessary measures are being continued in this regard by the prosecutor’s office jointly with relevant state bodies.