the criminal proceedings.
34. On 4 December 2003 the district prosecutor's office replied to the SRJI stating that the investigation into the Bantayev brothers' kidnapping had been instituted on 6 January 2003 and that it had been suspended on an unspecified date for failure to identify the culprits. They further noted that victim status in the criminal proceedings had already been granted to Shamil Bantayev.
35. On 20 January 2004 the SRJI requested the district prosecutor's office to be informed about progress in the investigation, to have the criminal proceedings resumed and to be provided with information about the measures taken to solve the crime. No response was given to this request.
36. The applicants were not informed about any further progress in the criminal investigation.
2. Information submitted by the Government
37. On 2 January 2003 operational search officer A. of the Gudermes ROVD carried out a crime scene examination in the houses of the abducted Bantayev brothers. It does not appear that any evidence was collected from the crime scene.
38. On 6 January 2003 the district prosecutor's office instituted an investigation into the abduction of Abubakar Bantayev and Salman Bantayev under Article 126 § 2 of the Russian Criminal Code (aggravated kidnapping). The case file was assigned number 32000.
39. On 24 January 2003 the first applicant's son Mr Shamil Bantayev was granted victim status in the criminal case. On the same date he was questioned by the investigators and testified that Abubakar Bantayev's children had told him that at about 4 a.m. on 2 January 2003 their father had been abducted by unknown masked men. The abductors had also taken away a number of items of their property and documents. The witness had decided to inform his other brother Salman about Abubakar's abduction. On the way to his house he had met his sister Madina who had told him that Salman had also been abducted by unidentified armed men who had arrived at their house in UAZ cars. Salman Bantayev's abductors had also taken away documents and a number of items of property from the applicants' house, including a video camera.
40. On 27 February 2003 the investigators questioned the applicants' relative Mr A.Sh. who testified that he did not have any information about the reasons for the abduction of Abubakar and Salman Bantayev; he also stated that he was aware that in the past the brothers had participated in illegal armed groups.
41. On 6 March 2003 the investigation in criminal case No. 32000 was suspended for failure to identify the perpetrators.
42. On 25 December 2003 the deputy Chechnya prosecutor overruled the decision of 6 March 2003 and the investigation was resumed.
43. On 24 January 2004 the first applicant's daughter, Mrs Madina Bantayeva, was granted victim status in the criminal proceedings and testified that on 1 January 2003 she had arrived at her mother's house. Her mother was living with her brother Salman and his family. At about 3 a.m. on 2 January 2003 a group of unidentified armed men in masks had arrived at their house in two UAZ cars, which they had parked in the yard. The men entered the house, turned everything upside down, slashed the furniture's upholstery, bound her hands with adhesive tape and put her with the first applicant in one of the rooms. Madina Bantayeva had not witnessed the abduction, but the eighth applicant had told her that the abductors had demanded money and gold. Madina Bantayeva stated that she had seen from the window the abductors taking away their property. When she had started screaming that their house was being robbed by the intruders, one of them had returned the TV set to the house.
44. On 24 January 2004 the investigation in the criminal case was suspended for failure to identif
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