ArmInfo. The Special Investigative Service of the Republic of Armenia is conducting large-scale investigative, procedural and operational investigations into the criminal case of abuse of official powers and receiving bribes in large quantities by the employees of the Investigation Committee of Armenia.
According to the press service of the General Prosecutor's, in the course of the preliminary investigation it was established that during the investigation of the murder of Kamo Piruzyan, the investigator exceeded his authority by assisting the criminal group of Alaverdi resident Vahagn Abgaryan. On February 7, the investigator was arrested. Other employees of the Investigative Committee are accused of taking bribes on a particularly large scale from Abgarian and exceeding official authority. They were charged with articlesfull 311 and 308 of the Criminal Code of Armenia, arrest was applied as a preventive measure against the latter.