A. Salim from Bukhara (the names of the participants of the event have been changed), who did not give up on earning money by honest work, decided to engage in begging. When things didn't go well in Bukhara, people came to Khiva, one of the most crowded cities. Look, things are going fast here. Within a few days, he had a small profit. But he was not satisfied with everything and started looking for ways to earn more money. 

Rather than begging all day, he preferred to "clean" a place and earn a lot of money. With this intention, he visited the grocery store belonging to Abdulla Bobojonov, a citizen of Otajon Tora neighborhood in Khiva district. 

Salim came to the shop around four o'clock in the night and looked around. Everywhere is quiet, people are sleeping sweetly. There is no one around. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the young man immediately broke down the door of the store and entered, and from there he took 700 US dollars and 

He took 4 million 300 thousand soums and fixed the pair. Happy that his plan was easily fulfilled, the night robber returned to his home in Bukhara early in the morning. 

The owner of the store, who learned about the theft, immediately reported to the District Internal Affairs Department. Arriving at the scene of the incident, the members of the investigative team began to carefully study the details of the crime. Surveillance cameras in the store and nearby were inspected. But it was not possible to recognize the face of the thief and clarify his identity. Experts - Major Hurmat Khojayev and Lieutenant Gulyor Komilova - examined everything from door and window frames to small objects that do not attract attention. As a result, 13 valid fingerprints were identified and submitted to the Expert Criminalistics Center of the Regional Bureau of Internal Affairs. As a result of the studies, these traces were found to belong to A. Salim. Measures were immediately taken to find the suspect. 

During the initial questioning, he tried hard to get out of the water dry. But the irrefutable evidence made Salim hurry and he confessed his crime. 

"I was led astray by the devil," said A. Salim in his testimony in court. - I thought that no one should suspect a person who is engaged in begging. I was wrong. I was caught the very next day. I am very sorry for this.

So, just as the crime did not go unpunished, Salim was also held criminally responsible for what he did. 

Khudoybergan JABBOROV,

 our own reporter.

Khorezm region.