Tashmatov is a suspect under Article 336, Part 1 of the Criminal Code of the Kyrgyz Republic, concerning corruption.
His detention in pre-trial detention center-1 will last until April 15.
Recently, a video appeared on social networks in Kyrgyzstan featuring photographs of various athletes, employees of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB), businessmen, police officers, and other individuals, whom the authors of the video referred to as part of the so-called "40 choro" group, associated with the former head of the GKNB in Bishkek, Eldar Jakypbekov. Tashmatov was among the mentioned figures.
Aibek Tashmatov and Eldar Jakypbekov
// Frame from the video "40 choro Edu"
Additionally, another video featuring Tashmatov surfaced on the messaging app WhatsApp, in which he paid tribute to the late "thief in law" Kamchy Kolbaev, who was eliminated by GKNB officers in October 2023.
