The Prosecutor General’s Office reported that a cultural heritage site in Kashkadarya region was damaged.

It was reported that at the event held in Yakkabog district, executives of the district electricity supply enterprise registered as a cultural heritage object and seriously damaged the archaeological site “Chillamazortepa”, which is under state protection. This archaeological object belongs to VI-XII centuries.

Electricians illegally excavated a 3.75 m3 part of the monument for the purpose of installing a transformer point, causing damage of 93 million soums to the cultural heritage object.

On the above fact, a criminal case has been initiated against officials of the electricity supply of Yakkabog district, and the preliminary investigation is being conducted.