KHANKALA, APRIL 2, 2004, (RIA NOVOSTI) - Shaa Turlayev (b. 1969), chief of Aslan Maskhadov's body-guards service, turned himself in the other day.
Talking to RIA NOVOSTI, people at the press center of the regional North Caucasian command center noted that Turlayev gave himself up in Gansol-Chu, Nozhai-Yurt district as a result of a special operation, which was conducted by the Chechen president's security service together with other law-enforcement agencies.
Turlayev commanded Maskhadov's body guards for quite a while, using call-signs "Sedoi" ("Gray") and Saifullah, the press-center spokesman added.
Turlayev is now being checked for possible complicity in grave crimes.
