ArmInfo.As a result of investigative activities in the criminal case against the former deputy head of the RA Police, commander of the Police troops Levon Yeranosyan, the Special Investigation Service of the RA revealed that Yeranosyan, using special means, deliberately committed actions that clearly went beyond his authority and caused substantial damage to rights and legitimate interests of citizens, and also caused by negligence grave consequences.
According to the prosecution, Levon Yeranosyan, without passing the checks, determining the ability to act in situations causing the need to use special means, without having special qualifications and powers to receive and personally apply light and sound means, in violation of permissible criteria for their use, during mass protests from April 16 to April 22, 2018 in Yerevan, in relation to the demonstrators applied a total of 8 light-sound grenades <Zarya>, as a result of which the health of more than two dozen people was damaged in different degrees of severity.
According to the indictment, the case was sent to the prosecutor's office, Yeranosyan was charged under 2 and 3 parts of Article 309 of the RA Criminal Code.