3 the Chechnya Address Bureau informed the investigators that they did not have any information concerning Mr M.M.'s permanent address.
38. On 17, 20 and 22 March, 1 and 2 April, 24 June 2003 the Argun town department of the interior (the Argun OVD), the Naurskiy ROVD, the Nozhay-Yurt ROVD, the Shali ROVD, the Kurchaloy ROVD, the Shelkovskoy ROVD and the Shatoy ROVD informed the investigators that they did not have any information concerning the possible detention of Aslan Sadulayev in local remand prisons or discovery of his corpse in their districts.
39. On 18 and 25 March, 17 April 2003 the Nadterechniy district prosecutor's office, the Achkhoy-Martan district prosecutor's office and the Gudermes district prosecutor's office informed the investigators that they did not have any information concerning the whereabouts of Aslan Sadulayev.
40. On 30 April 2003 the investigators questioned Ms Z.M., who stated that she was Mr M.M.'s sister. According to her, Mr M.M., Aslan Sadulayev, Ms T.S. and another man had been driving to Urus-Martan in a dark-blue VAZ-2109 car when at a junction between Alkhazurovo and Urus-Martan they had been stopped at a mobile checkpoint by men in military uniforms. The men had fired several shots to stop the car. After that they had taken everyone out of the vehicle and searched it. Next they had stopped a passing car and sent Ms T.S. in it to Urus-Martan. After that they had taken away the three men from the VAZ car. Mr M.M. had been released at some point later; he had been on his knees in the yard of military unit No. 6779 when a certain Mr Rizvan had recognised him and somehow expedited his release. According to the witness, Ms T.S. had worked as a teacher in Goy-Chu village and Mr Rizvan had lived in Goyskoye village.
41. On 10 June 2003 an operational and search officer of the Urus-Martan ROVD informed the investigators that he had been unable to establish the whereabouts and the address of Ms T.S.
42. On 31 May 2004 the applicant wrote to the district prosecutor's office complaining that her son had been detained by servicemen at the mobile checkpoint of the federal forces and that local power structures had denied involvement in the incident.
43. On 9 June 2004 the investigators granted the applicant civil plaintiff status in the criminal case.
44. On an unspecified date the Urus-Martan ROVD and the district military commander's office informed the investigators that they had been unable to identify the serviceman named Rizvan. He was not listed as their employee and his whereabouts could not be established.
45. On unspecified dates the investigators forwarded a number of requests to various authorities, such as the Tangi-Chu military commander's office, the district military commander, the Chechnya FSB, and various detention centres in Chechnya and other regions in the northern Caucasus, asking for information concerning the possible detention of Aslan Sadulayev by these agencies or if any criminal proceedings had been opened against him. According to the agencies' replies, they had not arrested or detained the applicant's son, no criminal proceedings were pending against him, and his corpse had not been found.
46. The investigation failed to establish the whereabouts of Aslan Sadulayev. The investigating authorities sent requests for information to the relevant State agencies and took other steps to have the crime resolved. The investigation found no evidence to support the involvement of the federal forces in the incident. The law-enforcement authorities of Chechnya had never arrested or detained Aslan Sadulayev on criminal or administrative charges and had not carried out a criminal investigation in his respect. No special operations had been carried out in respect of the applicant's son.
47. According to the Government, the applicant had
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