Wednesday, September 15 2021 11:08

ArmInfo. The Investigative Committee of Armenia has charged the deputy head of the  administrative region of Kentron with abuse of office.

According to the information of the Investigative Committee, during  the investigation it turned out that the deputy head of the Kentron  administrative district, the acting head of the administrative  district, an official entrusted with organizational and managerial  powers, on May 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., together with the chief  specialist of the department for communal issues and about 10 other  employees entered the office of the head of the department of urban  planning and land use, located in the building of the administrative  district, used violence against the latter, and then demanded that he  write a letter of resignation and, having received a negative answer,  struck various parts of the body of the mentioned employee by causing  bodily harm.

"With the totality of the evidence obtained, the acting head of the  administrative region was charged under Part 2 of Article 309 of the  RA Criminal Code (abuse of office: an act connected with the use of  violence, weapons or special means, is punishable by imprisonment for  a term of two to six years with the deprivation of the right to  occupy certain positions or engage in certain activities for a period  not exceeding three years, Ed. note) ",stated in the message of the  Investigative Committee of the Republic of Armenia.

The preliminary investigation of the case has been completed, the  criminal case has been sent to the prosecutor's office with a  petition to send the indictment to the court.

Earlier it was reported that the deputy head of the administration of  the Kentron district of Yerevan beat his subordinate. As the  employees of the administration told reporters, the deputy head of  the administration of the Kentron district entered into an argument  with one of the workers and beat the latter. On May 12, deputy head  of the regional administration Armen Azizyan and chief specialist  Arman Davoyan were detained. The RA Police informed the media that a  criminal case was initiated in connection with the incident: Part 2  of Article 309 of the RA Criminal Code (abuse of power in combination  with violence), committed with the use of weapons or objects used as  weapons). "Two people were detained on the fact of the criminal  case," the police said.