Criminal case instituted over kidnapping of Iranian citizen by tax  inspection employee    

ArmInfo. A criminal case has been instituted based on Article 131.1 of the Armenian Criminal Code over the fact of kidnapping of an Iranian citizen by a tax inspection employee. 

The press office of the Special Investigation Service of Armenia has  told ArmInfo that on September 19, around 0:10 am local time, the  Kotayk police department received an alarm from Benik M., resident of  Abovyan town, who said that unknown persons kidnapped his friend from  the farm located in Mayakovsky village of Kotayk province.   

The Special Investigation Service has found out that the person  kidnapped is an Iranian citizen, who says that tax officer of the  Armenian State Revenue Committee, T.G., and his cronies used violence  against him on the farm in Mayakovsky village. Afterwards they forced  him into a Toyota Camry, but then the tax officer received a call  from the police and immediately let the foreigner go.      

The investigation is still underway.