In Gulistan, a former probation inspector who demanded 1 million soums monthly from a convict has been punished

In Gulistan, a former probation inspector who demanded 1 million soums monthly from a convict has been sentenced.

In the city of Gulistan, Syrdarya region, a former probation inspector who demanded 1 million soums monthly from a convict under his supervision was sentenced to 5 years of restriction of liberty.

It was revealed that O.P. worked as an operative officer at the Gulistan City Department of Internal Affairs from August 2024 to May 2025. In November 2025, he transferred to the position of probation inspector.

In early December 2025, he was assigned to supervise a convict serving a sentence of restriction of liberty.

On December 5, the inspector summoned the convict to his office and familiarized himself with his documents and the procedure for serving the sentence. According to the convict's testimony in court, after the meeting, the inspector asked him to "leave something for lunch."

"So, I was forced to leave 200,000 soums that was in my pocket. Later, when he came to my house for an inspection, I also gave him 200,000 and 150,000 soums," the convict said in his testimony.

Learning that the man worked as a plumber, O.P. called him to his house. The convict performed heating system and other plumbing work there, but received no payment for it.

"You will give 1 million soums every month"

According to the victim, the inspector regularly demanded that he pay 1 million soums every month, promising in return to ease the supervision regime.

Specifically, he promised to notify him before Department of Internal Affairs officers came for inspections, to turn a blind eye to him going out for an hour or two at night despite being required to be at home at the designated time, and to protect him in front of other officers if any violation was detected.

In addition, he stated that he would help lift a previously issued disciplinary "warning" against the convict.

In early January 2026, O.P. raised the money issue again. The convict was supposed to give him money on January 7, but could not find the funds.

They met the following day. The convict bought cigarettes for the inspector with part of the money he had, and left him the remaining money along with 60 eggs from his car.

On January 9, the inspector summoned the convict to a location near one of the banks in Gulistan. During the conversation, O.P. said he needed 6–7 million soums. The convict stated he could not find such an amount all at once, gave him the 997,000 soums he had on him, and said he would find and give the rest later.

Following this, as the convict could not find the demanded money, he contacted the Syrdarya Region Department of the State Security Service (DXX).

O.P. partially pleaded guilty in court. He did not deny receiving some money from the convict, but stated that he took it as a loan, not as a bribe.

During the internal investigation, it was also revealed that O.P. had committed several violations during his previous tenure as an operative officer. In particular, in May 2025, a woman contacted the Department of Internal Affairs regarding the withdrawal of 10 million soums from her bank card by unknown individuals. O.P. was tasked with investigating the case. However, instead of identifying where the money was transferred and conducting the necessary investigations, he drafted an explanatory letter with different content on behalf of the woman.

It falsely stated that the money was withdrawn from the card due to the woman's own negligence, that she had no claims against anyone, and that she suffered no damage. The woman's signature on the document was also forged. Based on these documents, initiation of a criminal case on the matter was refused.

It was also established that O.P. failed to properly investigate several reports regarding the theft of 4 million soums from a car, and a bicycle, a turkey, and a rooster from a household.

The Oqoltin District Criminal Court found O.P. guilty under Article 210, Part 1 (taking a bribe) and Article 230-1, Part 3 (falsification of evidence) of the Criminal Code. He was sentenced to 5 years of restriction of liberty, with a deprivation of the right to work in internal affairs bodies for a period of 2 years.