GROZNY. Dec 10 (Interfax-AVN) - The head of the village administration in Alkhan-Kala, Chechnya has been abducted, head of the Grozny district administration Shaid Zhamaldayev told Interfax.
He said Nurdi Elmurzayev left Alkhan-Kala Tuesday evening in the direction of Grozny to visit the district administration in Tolstoy- Yurt.
According to eye-witnesses, Elmurzayev was abducted between Alkhan- Kala and Oktyabrskoye by unidentified men in camouflage armed with automatic weapons.
Elmurzayev's Lada car was later discovered on the roadside near Oktyabrskoye.
Measures have been taken to establish Elmurzayev's whereabouts and free him.
The village administration heads of Belgatoi and Dargo were abducted on November 29 on their way to a meeting of the leadership of the regional chapter of the United Russia party in Gudermes. They were seen last at a checkpoint in Novolakskoye, Dagestan. Their whereabouts have still not been established.