It is noted that the case was initiated under Part 1 of Art. 236 of the Criminal Code of Russia ("Violation of sanitary and epidemiological rules, which inadvertently caused massive illness or poisoning of people")

“Police officers carry out a number of operational measures and investigative actions aimed at establishing all the circumstances of the incident. Investigation of the criminal case continues, ”the statement reads.

Earlier, the press service of the Ministry of Health of Dagestan reported that mass poisoning had occurred in Khasavyurt due to the use of low-quality water.

In February, URA.RU reported that investigators had named a preliminary cause of the poisoning of teenagers flying from Moscow to Magnitogorsk.