He killed, burned, and became a "hero": a convicted former chief of criminal investigation from Tuva went to war in Ukraine.

Orlan Saryg-Dongak signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense, reports the publication "Sibir.Realii" with reference to relatives of the man he killed Alisher Makhmutova.

Previously "NeMoscow" Wrotethat the former head of the criminal investigation department Kyzyl and the former deputy head of the republican department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Orlan Saryg-Dongak In 2008, he may have brutally killed a 30-year-old detainee. 

The defendants detained Alisher Makhmudov, who was suspected of theft. Investigators claim the suspect began threatening the family of the head of the criminal investigation department. Four security officers then took Makhmudov to a vacant lot. There, Saryg-Dongak demanded an apology from the young man and then set him on fire. Kenden struck the suspect several times on the head with a hammer.

The head of the criminal investigation department was convicted of "Murder by a group of persons with particular cruelty." In addition to his prison sentence, he was fined 1 million rubles.

With Orlan Saryg-Dongak A police officer is accused in this case Alim KendenHe was sentenced to 14 years in a maximum-security penal colony and a fine of 500 rubles. As early as the fall of 2023, Saryg-Dongak and Kenden discussed the possibility of going to war.

Now, Sibir.Realii reports that Saryg-Dongak and Kenden were sent to Ukraine from a Federal Penitentiary Service facility in the Irkutsk region.