ArmInfo. Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan agreed last night to arrest the head of the court of general jurisdiction of Gegharkunik region - Aghvan Petrosyan and the judge of the same court, Vanik Vardanyan, the Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper reports with reference to its own sources. According to the publication, Petrosyan and Vardanian have already been arrested.
To recall, judges are suspected of taking bribes in especially large amounts. Before that, they were imprisoned. Vanik Vardanyan, who was in the hospital for several days, was discharged yesterday and was immediately taken to the court of general jurisdiction of Arankir-Kanaker-Zeytun districts, who decided to arrest them as a preventive measure.