The Pervomaisky District Court of Bishkek considered petition of investigators to extend preventive measure to the ex-head of the Presidential Administration of Kyrgyzstan Farid Niyazov and a former parliament member Ravshan Jeenbekov.
The court granted the petition and remanded the suspects in custody with keeping them in the pre-trial detention center 1 of Bishkek until April 9.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs has instituted proceedings on a number of articles of the Criminal Code. The investigation is completed. The former president Almazbek Atambayev and his supporters were charged with several articles: «Mass riots», «Hooliganism», «Murder», «Attempted murder», «Threat or violence against a government official», «Attempted seizure of power», «Illegal arms trafficking» and «Hostage taking» of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic.
