he following investigative measures in criminal case No. 23520016: establishing whether L.T. was indeed an FSB officer in the Kostroma region; establishing whether he had been stationed in Ingushetia on 18 December 2003; having his photograph identified by officer Ch. and carrying out of a confrontation between officer Ch. and officer L.T. Lastly, the third applicant requested to be informed about the results.
47. By a decision of 20 December 2004 the town prosecutor's office granted the third applicant's request. On the same date the third applicant was informed about it. It is unclear whether the investigating authorities took any of the requested measures.
48. On 20 December 2004 the town prosecutor's office informed the third applicant that the investigation in criminal case No. 23520016 had been resumed on an unspecified date.
49. On 10 August 2005 the third applicant wrote to the town prosecutor's office seeking access to the case file materials in criminal case No. 23520016 and permission to make copies of them.
50. On 13 August 2005 the town prosecutor's office informed the third applicant that his request for access to the case file had been refused and that the applicant would be allowed to have access to it only when the investigation was complete.
51. It appears that the investigation into the abduction of Bashir Mutsolgov is still pending.
2. Information submitted by the Government
52. On 26 December 2003 the town prosecutor's office instituted a criminal investigation into the abduction of Bashir Mutsolgov under Article 126 § 2 of the Criminal Code. The case file was assigned the number 23520016.
53. On 30 December 2003 the third applicant was granted victim status in connection with the proceedings in case No. 23520016.
(a) Statements by the third applicant
54. On being questioned as a victim on 30 December 2003, the third applicant submitted that on 18 December 2003 at about 3 p.m. unidentified persons wearing masks had abducted and taken away his brother, Bashir Mutsolgov. According to eyewitnesses to the abduction, about five unidentified persons had arrived in two blue VAZ-2106 vehicles without number plates and a white Niva vehicle whose number plates were covered with mud but the number 26 was visible on it.
55. During an additional interview as a victim the third applicant explained that on 18 December 2004, at about 10 a.m. a person unknown to him had called him on his mobile phone and had stated that one of the abductors of the third applicant's brother had been L.T., officer of the Kostroma regional or town department of the FSB.
(b) Statement by Ya.Kh.
56. According to the Government, Ya.Kh., interviewed on an unspecified date, stated that at about 3.50 p.m. on 18 December 2003 she had been in her house at 82 Oskanova Street, Karabulak. Looking out of the window she had seen several unidentified armed men in masks and camouflage uniforms force Bashir Mutsolgov into a Niva vehicle and leave thereafter in the direction of Ordzhonikidzevskaya. Ya.Kh. would not be able to identify those persons.
(c) Statement by M.B.
57. M.B., questioned as a witness on an unspecified date, submitted that at about 4.20 p.m. on 18 December 2003 he had been driving along Oskanova Street. As he was passing the Tashkent {cafe}, he had seen four unidentified people step into the road and stop the traffic. Other unidentified people put a young man into a white Niva vehicle and went off with him towards the Ordzhonikidzevskaya settlement, the VAZ-2106 vehicle following the Niva. When the two vehicles turned into Ryumakova Street, M.B. told an on-duty police officer at the Kursk-I GAI station what he had seen. The police officer had checked the documents of the drivers and passengers in the vehicles and let them through. In re
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