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DETAIL'S SEDUCTION
On hearing a whistle behind the window Alisher understood
at once - his brother-in-law Burhon has come. Has he decided
to return money, can it be so? Having sat at one of the tables
in a snack-bar and made an order the men began their talk.
Alisher was waiting when the brother-in-law would speak about
debt return; the sum being 300 dollars. But as for the money,
Burhon kept silence and Alisher didn't dare to demand. And
every now and then, into the bargain, he complained of having
no money.
Grave problems started with Burhon not long ago when his brother
had left for Russia to earn his living and did never appear
almost during ten years. Having set out to Moscow for a search
of his brother Burhon got to know that he was in prison and,
besides, he owed 5000 dollars to an unknown man, Salomatsho
by name. At that time together with his mother they were given
money by their acquaintances, they had to retrieve the debt
but unforeseen expenditures arose. The money had gone away,
but the debt remained.
Meanwhile Salomatsho came several times and demanded his money
back. Every day certain people came home to Burhon's parents
- Kholiqboy-aka and Bisharofat-apa - and claimed for their
money to be returned. But the father wouldn't hear about it.
"Let pay that one who owes and I don't owe anything to
anyone". Moreover, they have fallen out, as they say,
after Burhon's second marriage sharply condemned by his father.
And as for Salomatsho, the last time he made it a tough condition:
"If you don't pay up to May 19, you will have only yourself
to blame!" But how can one manage to persuade the obstinate
father who considers that everyone ought to forfeit his own
errors? "Only through my corpse", - such will have
been his answer. They knew it.
"If only God took away this obstinate mule the sooner
the better", - said the mother under the spur of a moment
after the recurrent scandal. "But is it obligatory to
be waiting until God takes him away? What if to help God a
little in it? Oh, then everything would have been settled…"
- such thoughts began frequently coming into her head. Bisharofat
already made herself drop these thoughts, but the devil had
taken hold of her, he would be constantly urging her: "You
are on the right way. Kill your husband. He has lived enough
in this world. Kill him and all your problems will have been
settled". Burhon agreed with the mother that it was the
only way out. But where to find an executor? He himself, though
disliking his father, would have never ventured for this.
But the time pressed.
- There is one affair, - said Burhon drinking wine. - One
must liquidate one man. My father.
- Whom?! Kholiqboy-aka?! - amazed Alisher. Can one kill the
sturdy man who nobody in the village dared to retort? What
is this mad man speaking about? He is insane.
- If we don't put him away up to May 19 we shall face great
troubles, - Burhon went on wistfully without paying attention
to Alisher's reaction. Then, looking straight into his eyes,
he said - For you it's no difficulty at all. Only some strikes
with a knife and every thing will be ok. We shall prepare
everything, your safety will be ensured as well. You are no
stranger for us. For this you will get 200 dollars and a ticket
to Moscow…
Alisher having already served his term for theft wouldn't
like to be a "hit man" but the proposal of his brother-in-law
was too tempting. He agreed reluctantly, nursing hesitations,
however, in the gravity of the scheme.
Already the next day Burhon together with his mother showed
Alisher all entrances and exits, father's bedroom, worked
out al the details of murder. Everything seemed to have been
ready, but a small problem arose - senior daughter Shahodat
was going to leave for Moscow to earn money. In order she
didn't spend additional means returning to father's funeral
Bisharofat made up her mind to speed up the events: the daughter
will come to them to bid farewell with her father and naturally
that the latter would cart her away already in the night.
If Alisher kills him after a return, in the first, he would
manage to conceal himself quickly, and in the second, nobody
of the domestic folk would be suspected.
CRIME
Everything entertained would have happened just this way,
but Kholiqboy's granddaughter expressed a desire to go for
a drive together with him. Bisharofat couldn't have sacrificed
with the 14-years-old-girl. They decided to postpone the murder
for the next day. Bisharofat was getting nervous. At night
having got convinced that everybody went to bed she walked
out-of-doors and made the gates half open. She left the door
of the bedroom being opened. She switched off the light everywhere,
went to bed and began to be waiting.
At the same time in one of the snack-bars a young man was
emptying one glass after another. In some time a car arrived
to take him. Having reached Arabon-kishlok he got out of the
car and headed for Zarbeg.
On that malicious night Kholiqboy couldn't fall asleep for
a long time; though being very tired he was assailed with
some evil presentiment. When, at last, he was half asleep,
he felt somebody jerking the blanket he was covered with.
Kholiqboy, being immensely surprised, had even no time to
utter a word when that very somebody prodded his breast with
a knife. After that a lot of blows rained down upon him -
into the breast and the stomach. Having rallied the last forces
Kholiqboy screamed as loud as he could: "Voy dod! Who's
that? I am killed!!!" Having got frightened with the
screams the killer decided to escape. The awaked members of
the family and the neighbors appeared when Bisharofat was
already lamenting over the bloody body of her husband: "Who
has done it? Do, say, who has done it with you?!" the
junior son rushed to call an ambulance car. But it was late
already.
REQUITAL
The employees of IAD (internal affairs department) and the
urban prosecutor's office started at once giving a work-out
to the versions of the murder. One could hardly imagine that
a stranger might have penetrated at night into the yard, where
there were many people, to kill the man and disappear without
being hindered. "The murderer should be searched among
relatives just in the house", - militia men were sure.
They started to interrogate all the relations. When Bisharofat's
turn came, all the relatives got indignant. How can one interrogate
the woman at such moment when she is grief-stricken? But experience
and intuition prompted that this woman could tell something
of interest.
On that night the first thing Alisher did was running to the
canal to get rid of the tool of the murder and blood-stained
clothes. Then he couldn't fall asleep for a long time. Every
now and then there emerged Kholiqboy and asked in an unnaturally
formidable voice: "Why? What for? What for have you killed
me, you, bloody bastard?!" When morning came, Alisher
went to the bar to flood the nightmare with alcohol. Just
there he was detained.
Due to operative actions and competence on the part of detectives
the crime being prepared for weeks and worked out in minutest
details was revealed hot on the heels. They needed only half
a day to find the murderer. On contemplating the ordered murder
the collegium of Sughd viloyat court having applied article
104, part 2, items "c", "i", "k",
sentenced executor Alisher Numanov to capital punishment -
death penalty. Bisharofat Gaibnazarova is convicted for 15
years imprisonment with being contained in the colony of common
regime. Burhon Saidov will have to spend 20 years in the colony
of rigid regime.
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