Ahmad Eshchi, the former deputy of Dostum’s Junbish-e-Milli party, on Saturday accused the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) of not making any effort to arrest First Vice President General Abdul Rashid Dostum’s nine body guards who have been accused of beating and sexually assaulting Eshchi.
 
Last month, the AGO issued arrest warrants for the bodyguards but MoI have reportedly not yet taken any action in this regard.
 
The Ministry of Interior and the Attorney General’s Office would not comment when contacted.
 
However, Eshchi has warned that if government does not address his case, he will take the matter to the international courts.
 
“I have not received any answer from the ministry of interior on why they have not carried out the Attorney General’s orders,” he said.
 
Eshchi also said he thought the MoI and the AGO had plotted with Dostum over the issue.
 
“It can be a deal, it is worrying,” Eshchi said.
 
“In summoning Dostum’s bodyguards, I think the political issues have been considered rather than legal issues, because the AGO was following its orders,” Abdul Wahid Farzaie, a member of Afghanistan’s Lawyers Union said.
 
Civil society activists also said if the Eshchi-Dostum case is not investigated properly, it will damage justice in the country.
 
“If government cannot investigate cases properly, and exempt powerful men and only implement the law on poor people, the situation will get worse,” Azizullah Rafie, the head of the Civil Society Forum said.
      
Eshchi has accused Dostum of sexual assault and unlawfully detaining him for a few days at his house.