The Investigative Committee of Armenia arrested a man who came from Russia to take part in the parliamentary elections on suspicion of concealing information about a crime being prepared.
According to the official statement of the department, Hovhannes Sahakyan, having definite knowledge of the planned crime, deliberately did not inform the RA law enforcement agencies. Regarding the incident, a criminal proceeding was initiated in the main department of investigation of crimes against the state, fundamentals of the constitutional order and public security of the Investigative Committee under the article of non-reporting of the crime. According to the decision of the investigator, the citizen is under arrest, the investigation is ongoing.
It is noteworthy that some time before the arrest, the suspect was frank about his upcoming plans in a conversation with journalists. He stated that he arrived with his family solely to vote and intends to leave the country on the same day in order to avoid possible complications in the background of the expected post-election tension.
Law enforcers remind that according to the current legislation, a person accused of a crime is considered innocent until proven guilty by a legally binding court verdict.
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