Authorities in Uzbekistan have arrested the former mayor of Termez, a city on the border with Afghanistan, on suspicion of involvement in the embezzlement of around $1.3 million. The Prosecutor General’s Office told the media on October 20 that Isroil Khudoiberdiyev has been detained along with two of his deputies and four other officials. The alleged appropriation of funds reportedly took place during the construction of a shopping complex. News of Khudoiberdiyev’s arrest has been circulating for around two weeks, but officials were not eager to confirm the chatter. When quizzed earlier by ne…