Bagish Mamedov, a resident of Baku, who is on one of the photos, publicized by Afgan Mukhtarli"s family has contacted " Courier." According to him, he is not connected with the Mukhtarli"s case and never monitored the journalist or his family.

"This photo was taken in one of the hotels of Georgia in 2016, where I was with my friends at the wedding. The hotel director will confirm this. They claim that the photo was taken in March 2017, before Afgan Mukhtarli"s kidnapping. They say, as if they were watched and I have a connection with the murderer. This is a lie and a slander. "Said Baghish Mamedov.