The lawyer of the Mustafovi family from the Bulgarian city of Kardhzali has announced that the court has not approved any protocol for the entering of the family's home.

The lawyer Elisaveta Pencheva has told the Bulgarian daily “Sega” that four plainclothes police officers from Kardzhali entered the Mustafovi home on July 23 without submitting afterwards a protocol.

The case was made public after Aysel Mustafova submitted a petition with the local police and all relevant state institutions pretesting the treatment of her family and insisting on a thorough investigation and punishment of the persons responsible for the incident.

"Upon breaking and entering they pointed a gun to my husband's head, wrestled him to the ground, and handcuffed. We had no idea these were policemen! I thought that this was a criminal gang attacking us, so I started screaming and knocking on our neighbors' wall," Aysel has said.

"Despite the fact that minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov claims that the four policemen have  acted in a case if emergency, they should have prepared a protocol, which should have been signed by the owner of the home they have entered into," Pencheva said.

She has also explained that this protocol should have also been approved by the court, but such has not been made.

"That night, the policemen have not asked at all where the son Kadir is. The same that minister Tsvetanov has claimed has cooperated with Dzhem Mustafa by ordering two prostitutes," the lawyer said.

Pencheva has also explained that the police officers have not complied with the order for entering a home between 10 pm and 6 am. According to her, they have also violated the rules for handling a gun because, in her words, pointing a gun against the family was a "police aggression".

Dzhem Mustafa was the taxi driver, called by Kadir - the son of the Mustafovi family, beaten “by mistake” by the police last Friday.

According to Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov, on May 18 the police received tip-off alleging Dzhem Mustafa of involvement in prostitution rings.

After checking and confirming the information, using special surveillance devices, the police informed the Prosecution's Office and the action plan was scheduled for July 23-26.

Tsvetanov has explained that the surveillance on July 23 has established that Kadir has ordered two prostitutes from Dzhem Mustafa for two friends of his.

The police have followed the girls from their taking off to their stopping at the address of the Mustafovi family, in front of the father's car.

After a while the police have established that the prostitutes have gone away and went to the family's address. After they have introduced themselves as police officers, the father, Sabahatin Mustafov, let them in.

Although the father have not resisted, the police have put handcuffs on him, “which is the common practice for securing the area”, in Tsvetanov's words.

“Going towards the children's room, the police have decided that the prostitutes are there and have entered a little bit faster. These actions have caused the door to hit the daughter's head,” Tsvetanov said.

The minister has added that Kadir has initially confessed that he ordered two prostitutes from Dzhem Mustafa for two friends of his, who were visiting. Later, however, he has refused to write this down in his written explanations.

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