Umarali Quvatov

Media reports say fugitive Tajik opposition politician and businessman Umarali Quvatov has been killed in Turkey.

Turkish and Russian media report that Quvatov was shot in the head on a street in Istanbul late on March 5.

An official at the Tajik Foreign Ministry said he could not comment until the ministry had more information.

A tycoon who once had close ties with President Emomali Rakhmon but became an opponent, Quvatov was wanted by Dushanbe on fraud charges that he said were politically motivated.