TWO POLICE CRIME INVESTIGATORS CHARGED WITH BEATING A SUSPECT

13:44, December 19, 2012

Armenia’s Special Investigative Service (SIS) says it has filed
criminal charges against two members of Yerevan’s Criminal Police
Investigative Division for breach of police procedure and assaulting
a suspect they had arrested.

The two police investigators, Khachik Bakhbudaryan and Artak Barseghyan
have been charges with not officially registering the arrest of an
individual suspected of thief and for beating him while in their
custody.

The SIS states that the two have been detained while awaiting trial
at a Yerevan court.

The two police investigators, Khachik Bakhbudaryan and Artak Barseghyan
have been charges with not officially registering the arrest of an
individual suspected of thief and for beating him while in their
custody.

The SIS states that the two have been detained while awaiting trial
at a Yerevan court.