The investigation team headed by the investigator Hayk Hakopyan was set up on Vardan Petrosyan's case, the lawyer of the known actor Vardan Petrosyan, Nikolay Bagdasaryan, wrote at his page in Facebook.
He also added that Hayk Hakopyan's candidacy is unacceptable to Vardan Petrosyan, as "during the investigation of the case he broke all the norms of Armenia's Criminal Code".
Petrosyan abandoned to work with the team headed by Hakopyan, as during the investigative stage the latter had disseminated blatant lie in mass media, the lawyer said. At present, Bagdasaryan is preparing the third motion to the prosecutor general for removal of Hakopyan's candidacy from the position of the head of the investigation team.
On 9 November a charge has been brought against actor Vardan Petrosyan and a decision has been made to arrest him.
A major car crash occurred in Armenia's Kotayk province on October 20. A BMW 320 car collided with a VAZ 2121 at the 2nd km of Yeghvard-Yerevan highway, sending the driver of VAZ 2121 and 6 passengers to hospital with injuries. Two of the injured died.
A criminal case was opened under Article 242 part 3 of the Criminal Code.
Renowned Armenian actor Vardan Petrosyan was driving the BMW. He was transported to Erebuni Medical Center with numerous fractures. His condition is currently stable.