An official in Russia's North Caucasus region of Daghestan has said that a former district governor who was fired last month after a deadly terrorist attack, in which his son and nephew were implicated, and jailed for 10 days for "hooliganism" was rearrested on July 5 on fraud charges.
Details of the new charges against the former governor of the Sergokala district, Magomed Omarov, are unclear.
Media reports say Omarov's arrest is linked to his alleged involvement in a fraud related to the employment of Sergokala residents by a local newspaper.
There was no official announcement of Omarov’s arrest.
Russian media reports said Omarov could face a terrorism charge over the fact that his son Osman allegedly led a terrorist attack on a synagogue and an Orthodox church in the Daghestani capital in late June.
Omarov's nephew, Abdusamad Amadziyev, is also reported to have been one of the members of the group that attacked the buildings and people inside them.
At least 21 people were killed and 45 wounded in the attacks, which occurred late on June 23 when gunmen opened fire at two Orthodox churches, two synagogues, and a police station in Makhachkala and the region's other major city, Derbent.
SEE ALSO: Daghestan Attacks: What Happened And WhyThe head of Daghestan, Sergei Melikov, announced the decision to fire Omarov the following day.
Melikov also ordered a check of the backgrounds of all district governors and regional lawmakers after the deadly attacks.
Mostly Muslim-populated Daghestan has a history of armed Islamic militancy. It borders another volatile, mostly Muslim-populated region in the North Caucasus, Chechnya, where Russian forces fought two wars against separatists in the mid-1990s and early 2000s.