The Armenian court re-arrested Spartak Ghukasyan, the son of Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan, who was transferred to house arrest about 2 months ago.

The issue of Ghukasyan Jr.’s restraining order was planned to be examined in June, but the prosecutor’s office submitted a motion to hold an extraordinary session, “Channel 5” reports.

Lawyer Hovhannes Gharakeshishyan told the TV station that the petition was examined without the defense side, because the lawyers could not attend the session due to excessive workload. The defense has not yet received the arrest warrant.

The criminal case against the mayor’s son was initiated in 2025. in November. He is accused of committing hooliganism with the use of information technologies as part of a group of persons. An extortion case was also filed against him earlier.

It should be noted that the mayor of Gyumri has also been under arrest since last October on charges of corruption.

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