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Employees of the Department for the Prevention of Juvenile and Youth Crime of the Dushanbe City Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs detained a man suspected of systematically engaging in fortune telling and witchcraft. This was reported by the press service of the Dushanbe City Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the department, the detainee was Safarbek Adzhabayov, a resident of the Firdavsi district of the capital, born in 1966. As a result of the investigation, it was established that the man had been engaged in fortune telling and other types of witchcraft for more than 15 years in order to obtain material benefits.
"An administrative protocol was drawn up against the offender under Article 482 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Republic of Tajikistan. The court imposed a fine on him in the amount of 80 calculated indicators, which is 6 thousand somoni," the department clarified.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs reminded that such actions violate the law and will be stopped by law enforcement agencies.
