Saturday, December 1 2018 12:40

ArmInfo.On March 1, 2008, the head of the investigation team on the case of riots in Yerevan Vahagn Harutyunyan sued the head of the Special Investigation Service (SIS)  of Armenia Sasun Khachatryan. Harutyunyan demands to refute the  slanderous statements of Khachatryan, according to the court  information portal datalex.am.

"Vahagn Harutyunyan's lawsuit against Sasun Khachatryan was filed with the court of Yerevan with a demand to oblige the defendant to refute the slanderous text," the statement reads. The lawsuit will be considered by judge Hayarpi Zargaryan.

Earlier, the Special Investigation Service stated that Harutyunyan,  as senior investigator for particularly important cases and the head  of the investigation team of the case on March 1-2, 2008, with the  help of individual investigators and police officers, including an  expert, organized falsification of documents. Later these accusations  were confirmed by Sasun Khachatryan.

To note according to a report distributed by the Special   Investigation Service (SIS), it turned out that V.A.  occupying the   position of chief investigator for particularly important cases of   the SIS in 2007-2011, organized the falsification of evidence, in   particular, with the aim of concealing the "real circumstances of the   unconstitutional use of the Armed Forces of Armenia, including the   unlawful use of firearms by members of the armed forces" during   events in Yerevan March 2, 2008. According to the decision of March   5, 2008, in the course of the examination, V. A. and the investigator   of the same group invited a representative of the commanding staff of   the police forces and stated that in order to conceal the   participation of the Defense Ministry's units and deny rumors about   their actions, they must be exchanged at the scene about 1000 sleeves   on the police cartridges shot.  The high-ranking police officer of  the police force, in turn, ordered  his subordinates to carry out the  assignment. The required number of  shots was fired at the shooting  range in the village of Getazat,  Ararat region. Then the sleeves  were transferred to the  expert-ballista A.A. The latter, assisting  V.A., fulfilling his  order, replaced the liners and entered the  required information on the results of the examination into the  report issued by him of  December 29, 2008, which was attached to the  materials of the  criminal case file on December 30, 2007 as forged  evidence.

In the beginning of November Court of General Jurisdiction of Yerevan  decided to use a two-month arrest as a measure of restraint in the  March 1, 2008 case against the former deputy head of the  Investigation Committee of Armenia Vahagn Harutyunyan and expert  ballist of the Police Artur Hovhannisyan. The defense of Harutyunyan  found this decision illegal and intends to protest it in the Court of  Appeal.  Lawyer Mihran Poghosyan told reporters that pressure was put  on the court.  According to him, the announcement of Harutyunyan on  the international wanted list was also illegal, since the  investigating body was informed about the location of the former  deputy head of the Investigation Committee, which is currently in  Moscow and is undergoing inpatient treatment there.