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By the decision of the Sabail court of Baku Gular Akhmedov ex-deputy of Azerbaijan, was arrested for a period of 2 months, Azerbaijani site Haqqin.az.

The report noted that relatives of Gular Ahmedov had already gathered in front of the prosecutor’s office of Baku and at the moment express their astonishment at the unexpected direction of the case.

Gular Ahmedova was arrested on the basis of the case of Elshad Abdullayev. In an interview with "Haqqn.az," spokesman of General Prosecutor's Office Eldar Sultanov refused to comment on the arrest of Gular Akhmedov.

Late in September 2011 video was spread in the Internet where the former rector of International University of Azerbaijan Elshad Abdullayev was bargaining with Azerbaijani MP Gular Ahmedova about the amount of the bribe which the rector was to pay to be “elected” as deputy. After distribution of the video in the Internet criminal case on "fraud" was opened.

Abdullayev said that he applied to various state bodies of Azerbaijan in connection with the abduction of his brother. He also noted that he had met with the head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehtiyev and had discussed with him a number of questions. Mehtiyev named Abdullayev’s all statements "libel", but he did not deny the fact that the meeting had taken place.