Criminal cases have been initiated against the officials of the military police of the Ministry of Defense. SIS

Criminal cases were initiated in the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia regarding the apparent crimes of abuse of official powers by the officials of the Republic of Armenia Police and the Military Police of the Republic of Armenia.

Accused K. G. reported that the previous day, during his extradition from the Russian Federation to the Republic of Armenia, the police accompanying him at the “Zvartnots” airport abused him. they dragged him and forcibly videotaped him against his will. K. G. reported that he was physically injured as a result of the actions of the police.

A criminal case has been initiated in the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia in connection with the above-mentioned apparent crime of abuse of official powers by the officials of the special service of the State Police of the Republic of Armenia, under Part 2 of Article 309 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia.

An investigation is underway.

Another criminal case was initiated by Yerevan resident H. Based on the report of M. The latter informed the RA Special Investigation Service that during the preliminary investigation of the criminal case investigated by the RA Investigative Committee, the RA Defense Military Police officers kept him illegally for 3 days in the military police duty station of Kapan, during which time he was forbidden to move freely, sit and sleep.

Bearing in mind that the aforementioned materials apparently contain features of the crime of abuse of official authority by military police officers, therefore, according to Article 309, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code, a criminal case was initiated in the RA Special Investigation Service and sent to the Prosecutor’s Office to resolve the issue of investigative subordination.