DUBAI // The chief of Dubai Police has rebuffed a claim by a Russian MP that his force was playing "political games" in seeking the extradition of a member of the Russian parliament for the murder of Sulim Yamadayev. Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim yesterday insisted there was "concrete evidence" to implicate all those accused in the Chechen warlord's murder, including Adam Delimkhanov, a member of the State Duma and a cousin of the Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov. He said the police were not in the business of making false accusations.
"We would not accuse anyone of their involvement in the case unless we had concrete and substantial evidence linking all those accused to the crime," he said. "Otherwise, we would not have released details of the case and announced the involvement of a specific individual and place him on our wanted list." On Monday, Andrei Lugovoi, who is suspected of involvement in the 2006 poisoning of the dissident Alexander Litvinenko in London, told the state-owned Interfax news agency that Dubai authorities were playing "political games" by accusing Mr Delimkhanov of being involved in Yamadayev's killing in a car park at Jumeirah Beach Residence.
Gen Tamim yesterday said: "If the Chechen president doubts our investigation results then I suggest that an international team of investigators come and examine the findings." rabubaker@thenational.ae
