In the Fergana region of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the punishment was increased in the case of poisoning 105 children.
A court in the Ferghana district of Uzbekistan replaced the restriction of freedom with realistic conditions for the head of trade in the catering trade, Shivkat Turdlev, and the company's technologist Rasuljon Alimov.
The men were tried in the case of mass poisoning of 105 kindergarten students. As a result of the liquidation case review, Turdlev was sentenced to 4 years in prison, Elimov - to 3.5 years in actual prison.
The criminal case is related to the mass poisoning of children in February 2026. After eating food provided by "Catering Ganim" for kindergartens in the Pargana region, signs of the disease were detected in 105 students.
The investigation determined that on February 20, the children were provided with cabbage rolls in which dangerous bacteria were found. In addition to violations of sanitary requirements, the case also included incidents of theft of budget funds and forgery of documents. According to the case materials, the company's management exaggerated the number of students in the daily menus and provided fictitious reports on the purchase of products.
In one chapter, the court determined a theft of 330.8 million soms, in another - 594.1 million soms.
Earlier, in the same case, the former head of the garden catering trade, Ikbuljon Bozrov, and accountant Akhledin Saifitdinov were sentenced to 3 years of correctional labor with 20% of the profits being withheld for the state.