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Officers from the Firdavsi District Department of Internal Affairs (OMVD-1) detained 36-year-old Dushanbe resident Sharbona Khalimova, who, according to the Dushanbe City Department of Internal Affairs, was engaged in fortune telling and witchcraft.
According to the city police department, during the investigation it was established that the woman used various objects to perform fortune-telling and witchcraft rituals, deriving material gain from these activities.
Based on this fact, a protocol on an administrative offence was drawn up against Sharbonu Khalimova in accordance with Article 482 of the Code of the Republic of Tajikistan on Administrative Offences.
By court order, the woman was sentenced to an administrative penalty in the form of a fine in the amount of 80 calculated indicators, which is 6,240 somoni.
The Dushanbe Department of Internal Affairs also called on citizens to refrain from turning to fortune tellers and to assist law enforcement agencies in eradicating this negative phenomenon.
