MOSCOW, February 25 (RAPSI) – Five men who stand charged with the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov have lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) over alleged tortures, RIA Novosti reported Thursday citing Shamsudin Tsakayev, the lawyer for one of the defendants.

According to the lawyer, they were tortured by law enforcement officers after arrest.

Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Russia refused to open a case over alleged use of tortures against the defendants.

Zaur Dadayev, brothers Anzor and Shadid Gubashev, Temerlan Eskerkhanov and Khamzat Bakhayev stand charged with contract murder and illegal acquisition, carrying and keeping of weapons.

Nemtsov, 55, was murdered in central Moscow as he walked across a bridge near the Kremlin on February 28, 2015.