to Mr Astamirov's abduction had been opened on 1 January 2003 by the district prosecutor's office.
40. The first applicant had been questioned by the investigators on 13 January 2003, and then again on unspecified dates. On 13 January 2003 she had been granted the status of a victim in the criminal proceedings related to her brother's abduction. According to the Government, the first applicant stated that she and other family members had not been subjected to violence and that no valuables had been taken from the house. She also stated that they had not seen the vehicles used by the abductors.
41. Furthermore, the Government stated that on 28 July 2005 the investigators had questioned and granted victim status to the second applicant, the mother of Aslanbek Astamirov. According to the Government, she stated that she had not applied to the law-enforcement bodies for several months because they had been hoping that her son would come back. She also stated that the abductors had not damaged the door to the house and had not fired any shots.
42. According to the Government, the fourth applicant was questioned on 9 January 2003. She stated that on 5 August 2002 at about 3 a.m. unknown armed and masked men had burst into their house and taken away her husband. He had been allowed to dress. No valuables had been taken. She was again questioned in July 2006, when she specified that the men who had entered their home and taken away her husband had also taken away his passport and driving licence.
43. The Government stated that on 10 January 2003 Markha T., Aslanbek Astamirov's sister-in-law, had been questioned and had confirmed the latter's abduction.
44. According to the Government, another family member was questioned in July 2006 and stated that one of the men who had intruded into their house on 5 August 2002 had been armed with a sniper's rifle. She added that she would be unable to identify any of them since all the men had been wearing masks.
45. The Government submitted that in March and April 2006 the investigators had questioned at least seven of the applicants' neighbours, who had stated that on the night in question they had seen a group of armed and masked men walking down Sheripova Street. They had not seen any special vehicles or cars around. Later they had learnt of Aslanbek Astamirov's abduction. In July 2006 one neighbour was questioned and submitted that on the night of 5 August 2003 he had heard the sound of engines in the street and had seen a group of about ten persons wearing black uniforms and masks and walking along Sheripova Street towards the Astamirovs' house. The investigators questioned another four neighbours in July 2006, who had not heard anything on that night.
46. Also in April 2006 the investigators questioned the former head of administration of Urus-Martan district. He stated that he had received a lot of inquiries from relatives of missing persons, but he could not recall the applicants' case.
47. According to the Government, the investigators also requested information about Mr Astamirov's disappearance from various State authorities. On 19 December 2003 the Urus-Martan district department of the Federal Security Service stated that their office had not detained Mr Astamirov nor carried out a criminal investigation into his activities. The Ministry of the Interior of Chechnya also replied on an unspecified date that their agents had not detained the applicants' relative and had not carried out any investigation in respect of him. Also on unspecified dates all the district departments of the interior in Chechnya informed the investigation that they had never detained or delivered Aslanbek Astamirov to a temporary detention facility. On 4 February 2006 the remand centre in Chechnya IZ-20/1 informed the investigation that the missing man had never been detained
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