Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of the late Uzbek president has been sent to prison to serve the remainder of a five-year sentence after violating the terms of her house arrest.
Karimova, 46, was a high-profile businesswoman, diplomat, fashion designer, and pop singer.
She disappeared from public eye in 2014 after a dispute with her father, Islam Karimov who died in 2016.
Uzbek authorities said in 2017 that Karimova, who was once considered a possible heir to the presidency, had been convicted on embezzlement and money-laundering charges, but it remained unclear when she had been tried and where she was serving her sentence. There was widespread speculation that she was dead, The Guardian reports.
Karimova’s daughter, Iman, said police officers dragged her mother from her apartment in Tashkent, the Uzbek capital, on Tuesday afternoon. She posted a blurry photograph on Instagram that showed a woman in a blue robe and pink slippers struggling in a doorway with two men dressed in dark clothes.