- Information about the case was taken from the State Register of Judicial Acts.
According to the investigation materials, on July 2, 2025, J. K. (Kalmurat - name changed) and his classmate K. M. decided to make some easy money. They flagged down a taxi with 64-year-old driver B. Sh. under the pretext of going to the “Abrikos” dacha on the outskirts of Balykchy, claiming that a third party would pay for the ride and asking him to wait. At 5:00 PM, when B. Sh. got out of the car to smoke, Kalmurat attacked him from behind, starting to choke him. At that moment, K. M. held the taxi driver's legs. When the driver lost consciousness, they decided to leave, but saw that he was coming to. Kalmurat attacked B. Sh. again, using the shoelaces from his shoes. Ensuring the driver was dead, they dragged his body into the bushes and drove away in the taxi towards Karakol. Kalmurat was driving. On the way, they took B. Sh.'s phone and 2600 soms, refueled the car for 1500 soms, and bought drinks and cigarettes with the remaining 900 soms.
During the trip, they were stopped by traffic police inspectors from the Tyup district due to the lack of documents for the vehicle, and the car was sent to the impound lot. Kalmurat and his classmate fled to Karakol, where they disposed of the documents and keys to the car, and sold the taxi driver’s Redmi phone, worth 8000 soms, at the market for 1000 soms.
- Kalmurat (J. K.) was born in Cholpon-Ata, is a citizen of Kyrgyzstan, single, has completed 9 grades of education, has no prior convictions, and is unemployed. He resides in Balykchy.
According to the forensic medical examination, the cause of death of the driver was asphyxiation.
As a result of the appeal process, Kalmurat was finally sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment with confiscation of property in a general regime colony. The verdict came into legal force immediately after its announcement.
The party dissatisfied with the court's decision has the right to file a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Last July, Turmush reported on the detention of suspects in the murder of a taxi driver in Balykchy.
On July 3, a 22-year-old local resident, Sh. Ch., contacted the Balykchy police department to report her father, 64-year-old B. Sh., a taxi driver, missing. She stated that he had disappeared on July 2 around 5:00 PM, and his phone was turned off.
During operational activities on July 4, B. Sh., born in 1961, was found dead in the dacha settlement “Abrikos,” showing signs of violent death — he had been strangled with a shoelace.
This case was registered in the Unified Register of the Balykchy police department, and a criminal case was initiated under Article 122 (“Murder”) of the Criminal Code.
On July 6, two suspects were detained — K. M., a resident of Balykchy born in 1996, and J. K., a resident of Cholpon-Ata born in 1994. The court chose a preventive measure in the form of detention for 2 months.
The panel of the regional court noted that there was no evidence against Kalmurat regarding two episodes of theft of money, documents, and a mobile phone from a house and a car in Balykchy, therefore he was acquitted on these counts. The case materials have been forwarded to the prosecutor for the identification of the actual offenders.
