On March 3, Sherzod Asadov, secretary to the presidential press in Uzbekistan, Sherzod Asadov announcement that Aziz Tashpulatov, former head of the main department of Tashkent’s internal affairs, had been appointed The Minister of Internal Affairs.
A few hours later, the Ministry of Internal Affairs released a statement This echoes the announcement of Asadov and noted that Plat Bobojonov, who had managed the ministry since September 2017, had been appointed first deputy advisor of the president on the staff policy.
A reason for the reallocation of Bobojonov was not given by the Uzbeke authorities, but the observers have linked it to the whole Merger the staff of the security services that started In the wake of October 2024 assassination attempt of Komil Allamjonov.
In FEBRUARY10 people were found guilty by the Uzbekistan military court for their involvement in the assassination attempt. The Supreme Court announced the verdict and convictions on February 12, providing partial details of five of the guilty recognized people. Shukhrat Rasulov, Shokhrukh Akhmedov and Ismoil Jahongirov were each sentenced to 23 years old.
Akhmedov and Jahongirov appeared in a video published on social networks the day after the end of October against the Allamjonov vehicle, admitting. The two men had already been linked has An assassination attempt The targeting of the criticisms of Chechen chief Ramzan Kadyrov in Turkiye in 2021. Akhmedov, in particular, would be a bodyguard and a driver of Javlon Yunusov.
Yunusov, who was sentenced to 18.5 years, was extradited from South Koreawhere he had fled after the assassination attempt in November 2024. Kun.uz reported That Yunusov “acted as an intermediary between the brain and the authors” of the attack.
The authorities have never identified a reason for the attack or the brain, but the reports by The diplomat And Ozodlik suggests that its roots reside in the “Office”, an in -depth organization allegedly led by Otabek Umarov, a son -in -law of President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. At the end of November, Ozodlik reported that Uarov had been dismissed from the post of first vice-president of the State Security Service.
Rasulov, who was sentenced to 23 years old, directed the Department of Internal Security Service from the State from 2018 to 2020. Sources said RFE / RL Uzbek service, ozodlikThat Rasulov was the man of the “right hand” of Umarov.
In February, the Supreme Court announced the sentence of another person: seven years for Doniyor Tashkhodjaev, who would have been accused of having tried to hide the crime and obstruction of the investigation. He wasuntil his dismissal in the November purge,, first deputy chief of the main department of interior affairs of Tashkent.
The mixture of civil servants following a scandal is a standard rate. For some, punishment is infiltrated; For others, there is a chance to get up. The divergent destinies of Tashkhodjaev and Tashpulatov, both formerly of the main Department of Internal Affairs of Tashkent, illustrate this. The upheaval may not be over, but there is no guarantee that it will be effective in restoring a certain degree of confidence in the security services on the part of the president, not to mention the people.
Last month, after the Supreme Court announced the Verdicts of the Military Court and the convictions, Allamjonov made a rare public comment on the case, displaying a declaration on Telegram: “What I have experienced in the past five months is only known to me, my family and my closest friends. But the truth, even when they tried to break it, remained unbreakable and have always been released. »»
“There is still work to do, many other days trying to come,” he said.