DUSHANBE, April 7, 2014, Asia-Plus – Resident of the Vakhsh district in Khatlon province, Nizomiddin Homidov, 26, who was arrested on the night of March 30-31 on suspicion of theft died in a police station in the Vakhsh district, Khatlon province.

Homidov’s body was handed to his relatives on April 1.

Nizomiddin’s father, Junaydullo Homidov, 61, says the body carries traces of torture, including broken ribs and hematomas on his wrists and neck as well as along his back.

Meanwhile, the Vakhsh police station representatives say that Nizomiddin Homidov allegedly committed suicide by self-hanging.

“They say he allegedly hanged himself with an undershirt in a temporary custody cell,” Junaydullo Homidov told Asia-Plus in an interview.

He accuses five officers of the Vakhsh police station of his son’s death and he has sent a letter to Tajik chief prosecutor Sherkhon Salimzoda with solicitation to thoroughly investigate the incident and to punish those guilty.