The Akaltyn District Criminal Court has sentenced six people — including the teahouse manager and staff from an unlicensed gas-filling station — over a December 2025 explosion that killed six cooks at the Bek teahouse in Gulistan. The court also ordered the seizure of real estate and vehicles worth 8.7 billion soums.
The Akaltyn District Criminal Court sentenced six people on 21 September 2026 over a gas cylinder explosion at the Bek teahouse in Gulistan that killed six cooks and injured dozens on 2 December 2025. The blast was traced to an outdated, uninspected cylinder filled at an unlicensed station the day before.
