“I know what I have been through myself” — brother of “Bakhti Tashkentskiy” (video)

“The street is not something to admire.” This was stated by Shukhrat Kudratullayev, brother of Bakhtiyor Kudratullayev, known in the criminal world as “Bakhti Tashkentskiy,” in an interview for the Ministry of Internal Affairs’ project “Last Regret” while serving his prison sentence.

“I have spent 12 years behind bars now, and before that I served 10 years in Jaslyk colony No. 71 from 2007 to 2017. Now I have been sentenced to another 10 years and 6 months. If we do not leave the past behind, we end up back here again. In the past, we admired street life, but later we realized it is nothing to admire. We lost a lot — our relatives, our families, our children’s youth. When our families needed us most, we could not be there. We brought ourselves to this place. I know what I have been through myself,” he said.

He added that if he were free now, he would try to be useful to the state or at least not cause harm.

“I tell young people to stay on the right path. The president is creating opportunities. They should engage in business and pursue education. I urge young people to respect the rule of law and the law itself. I express my regret and remorse. I feel it from myself and my family. My family has suffered. I am now turning 60,” he said.

Earlier, it was reported that Bekzod Zafarov, the son of “Bakhti Tashkentskiy,” who was sentenced to 11 years in prison, said he had wanted to follow his father’s path but later realized it was a mistake.

The “Bakhti Tashkentskiy” case

In July 2024, the Yunusabad District Criminal Court announced the verdict in the case related to “Bakhti Tashkentskiy.” According to the ruling, Bekzod Zafarov was sentenced to 11 years in prison to be served in a general-regime colony. “Bakhti Tashkentskiy’s” younger son, Ikhtiyor Kudratullayev, was sentenced to nine years in prison, also to be served in a general-regime colony. Bekzod Zafarov was charged under Articles 165 (extortion), Part 3, Clause “v,” and 168 (fraud), Part 4, Clause “v,” of Uzbekistan’s Criminal Code. The state prosecutor had requested an 11-year sentence for Bekzod Kudratullayev.

Earlier, the court sentenced Bakhtiyor Kudratullayev to 20 years in prison, his brother Shukhrat Kudratullayev to 10 years and 6 months in prison, and Nargiza Jumaniyazova — the only female defendant in the case — to four years and four months of restricted freedom.