Tashkent law enforcement official recorded demanding fabricated vagrancy reports to meet arbitrary department quotas

A senior Tashkent law enforcement official was recorded ordering inspectors to fabricate vagrancy reports and register relatives to meet quotas.

By: AXL Media

Published: Apr 7, 2026, 8:06 AM EDT

Source: Information for this report was sourced from Kun.uz

Evidence of Systematic Record Falsification

A senior law enforcement representative in Tashkent has been implicated in a major scandal involving the fabrication of criminal and social reports. Audio and video recordings obtained by Kun.uz identify the official as Abror Khudoyberdiev, a high-ranking member of the Almazar District Department of Internal Affairs. The recordings capture a series of directives aimed at prevention inspectors, instructing them to meet arbitrary targets for vagrancy cases even if no such individuals exist within the district.

Pressure to Register Relatives as Vagrants

In the leaked audio, the official expresses frustration over a lack of recorded cases, demanding that inspectors immediately increase their numbers for administrative supervision and compulsory treatment referrals. The directive went as far as suggesting that officers should register their own family members, or even themselves, as vagrants to satisfy the department’s quotas. According to the recorded statement by Khudoyberdiev, the current lack of reported vagrancy in the Almazar district is unacceptable to the administration.

Urgent Demands and Numerical Deadlines

Supplementing the audio evidence, a separate video message shows the official pushing staff to complete a specific volume of documentation before a strict 10 p.m. deadline. In the footage, he notes that while 300 protocols have already been issued, another 200 must be finalized within a single hour. He is seen urging his subordinates to take to the streets to find any justification for these reports, emphasizing his desire to avoid personal involvement in the low-performing count.