In Khabarovsk Krai prosecuted on the facts of bullying in the garrison Bikinsky

In Khabarovsk Krai military investigative unit filed a criminal case against one of the junior commanders of the army regiment in the motor city Bikin. The officer is suspected of hazing.

The criminal case was initiated based on audit conducted by the Prosecutor's Office of Far Eastern Military District. Testing began in early March on the application of the parents of three soldiers from the Chelyabinsk region. As reported in the statement of the parents, their children were beaten in Bikinsky garrison, where they are serving.

In late February, the media published a story about the facts of bullying in Bikinsky garrison. As the parents of recruits "grandfathers" demanded money, beat shackle of bed and suspended at . One of the soldiers tried to open a vein, the other - to hang with the third wound to the leg. Parents of soldiers trying to get them back home. The audit surveyed more than 40 people - comrades of soldiers, medical staff, senior officers.

Following verification of the victims recognized one soldier - George Dzhanhoteliya. It soon for health reasons will be dismissed from military service. Two other soldiers will be transferred to other duty stations.

As it became known, the criminal case against a young commander, instituted on the grounds of a crime under part 1 of article 335 of the Criminal Code (violation of the regulations governing relations between the military if no relationship of subordination between them relating to the humiliation of honor and dignity or humiliation of the victim or violent ). The offense is made for content in a disciplinary military unit for a term not exceeding two years or imprisonment for up to three years.

Currently, investigations are conducted. Other information in the interests of the investigation has not been disclosed. Bikinsky garrison audit in 2008 was recognized as one of the best in the Far East as a result of training.

Recall that, according to official statistics of the Main Military Prosecutor's Office of Russia, the Russian army in the incidence of bullying in 2008 declined by more than a quarter. At 16% less facts and the excess of the powers associated with the abuse of subordinates. According to GAM, the tendency to reduce bullying is quite stable.