MOSCOW, June 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Kyrgyzstan's Deputy Prime Minister Daniyar Usenov accused on Saturday former president Askar Akayev'ssupporters of funding Friday's unrest in the capital Bishkek, a claim the ousted leader denied.

    "There are grounds to talk about a counter revolution in Kyrgyzstan, which is being financed by supporters of Askar Akayev's regime," Usenov told a press conference in Bishkek, the Interfax news agency reported.

    The events in Bishkek on Friday "followed a well-rehearsed scenario," Usenov said.

    Hundreds of protesters broke into the government building that houses the central electoral commission on Friday, demanding their candidate Urmat Baryaktadasov be registered for next month's presidential race.

    More than 1,000 riot police sealed off the building later and evicted the protesters from the building. The rioting left 39 injured, 12 of them hospitalized, the Health Ministry said.

    Baryaktadasov, a businessman, was barred from running for the presidency by the central electoral commission, which said he is acitizen of neighboring Kazakhstan and hence ineligible for candidacy.

    Usenov said Baryktobasov enjoys financial support from Akayev'sson-in-law, Adil Toigonbayev, and other relatives of the former president, but Akayev denied any links to the unrest in Bishkek.

    "I state that neither me, nor my children, or my son-in-law, have anything to do with the events that occurred in Bishkek yesterday," Akayev told Russia's Channel One television.

    Nevertheless, Kyrgyzstan's chief prosecutor told Interfax investigators intend to question Akayev.

    "Investigators plan to fly to Moscow next week to question Akayev. The Prosecutor General's Office has reached a preliminary agreement with Akayev's lawyers on organizing the questioning," Prosecutor General Azimbek Beknazarov said.

    The investigators will also try to question Akayev's wife and Akayev's son-in-law and former prime minister Nikolai Tanayev, Beknazarov said.

    Tensions run high in the Central Asian country after a March uprising ousted long-time leader Askar Akayev. Kurmanbek Bakiyev, who took over as acting president, has been the front-runner in the presidential race, in which seven candidates are running for the country's top post.  Enditem