A criminal case was initiated in the RA police based on the statement by former NA deputy Samvel Aleksanyan about the kidnapping of TV commentator Hamlet Ghushchyan. This was reported by the Police Information Department in response to the written inquiry of “Pastinfo”.

The case was initiated on March 29, 2019, under Article 38-131, Part 1, and Article 131, Part 2, Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia, that is, the kidnapping of a person by a group of persons with prior consent using weapons or objects used as weapons, which was accompanied by the use or threat of violence dangerous to life or health.

The case was sent to RA Investigative Committee for preliminary investigation.

Let’s remind that Ghushchyan stated in a conversation with Hraparak.am that Samvel Aleksanyan, a former deputy of the Armenian National Assembly, businessman, kidnapped him and held the gun to his forehead. “Who is that scum to beat me? They just stole me, kidnapped me, took me away at night and put a gun to my head and said, ‘You will tell us what we tell you.’ I’ve been through all of them, I’ve looked death in the eyes, I’ve said: fire, do what you brought to the fire, because then God will punish you, if none of them punish you,” Hamlet Ghushchyan said.

On March 4, the prosecutor’s office announced that the media publications regarding Hamlet Ghushchyan’s statements were sent to the Main Department of Criminal Investigation of the RA Police with the task of verifying the circumstances presented in them.