The 23-year-old athlete accused of killing Makhachkala resident Abdulbasir Omarov was not included in the list submitted to the Ministry of Youth and Sports for 2021, Offsideplus.az reports.

It was stated that a criminal case has been opened and an investigation is underway, but the trial has not yet begun.

The federation regularly receives information about the condition of Nurmahammad Hajiyev. He will not be a member of the national team until the end of the process. As the issue remains open, Hajiyev's name has been removed from the list of national team members indefinitely.

Along with Nurmahammad Hajiyev, Surakat Asiyatilov and Huseyn Asiyatilov are accused of killing Abdulbashir Omarov. As a member of the Azerbaijani national team, the freestyle wrestler won a silver medal in the weight category of 97 kg at the II European Games in Minsk-2019, and a bronze medal at the European Championships in 2018 and 2019.

(report)