Andriy Tarakhteyev , the deputy heard of a police department in the Kharkiv oblast, has been charged with using torture back in November 2019 to force out a ‘confession’ to murder. He was placed under 24-hour house arrest on Oct. 1 after judge Anzhelika Hrymailo from the Leninsky District Court in Kharkiv rejected the prosecutor’s application for Tarakhteyev, who denies the charges, to be remanded in custody. The prosecutor is also seeking his suspension from his post, with that court hearing scheduled for Oct. 4.
