Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- A suspected citizen was detained in the capital, wanted for committing illegal actions against a minor that took place on 18 September at the metro station "Almazar" of the Tashkent metro.

He turned out to be previously convicted for crimes under Articles 166 (robbery), 169 (theft) and 127 (involvement of a minor in antisocial behavior) of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, citizen K.Sh., born in 1989, living in the Almazar district of the city Tashkent.

Currently, the Department of Security at Transport and Tourism Facilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is checking for the presence in the actions of this person of signs of a crime related to the commission of indecent acts against a person under sixteen years of age