“The power” is in their hands, until the power “turns over”, nothing will change

Harutyun Grigoryan, accused in the case of brutally beating Lt. Col. Ara Mkhitaryan, was changed to house arrest at the end of last year by the Court of Cassation, and he is serving his sentence in prison again. Ara Mkhitaryan’s daughter-in-law, Samvel Mkhitaryan, considers that justice has not yet been restored, justice has not been served.

“I have nothing to say, the Court of Cassation granted our petition, that person is now back in prison, but many guilty people are free today.

For example, CP deputy Trdat Sargsyan, the people say he was there, they “proved” that he was not there. This person was the governor of Vayots Dzor at the time of the incident. Immediately after the incident, Tara was made a member of parliament, given immunity, and almost did not attend court. Once he came to the court and said: “I was not there, I am not guilty and that’s it.” Until this government “turns over”, nothing will change, the “power” is in their hands. of 168.am Samvel Mkhitaryan said in an interview with

He assures that when his son was beaten, the member of parliament Trdat Sargsyan was there, as well as his brother, and 7-8 other people were also there. But less than 6 months after the incident, they changed everything: they removed the old cameras and installed new ones.

“I said this and I will say it, and after all this they “proved” that Trdat Sargsyan was not there. After the change of government in this country, I will definitely demand justice, otherwise, whatever I do now, I will not achieve any results,” emphasized Samvel Mkhitaryan, the father of lieutenant colonel Ara Mkhitaryan.

To remind, on September 17, 2019, in Yeghegnadzor, after being in a coma for several years as a result of a severe beating, the only convict in the case of lieutenant colonel Ara Mkhitaryan, who died in 2023, Harutyun Grigoryan, the former governor, now the assistant of KP deputy Trdat Sargsyan, was released on parole in February of last year, and then he was imprisoned again. He was charged under Article 112, Part 2, Clause 6 of the Criminal Code (deliberately causing serious harm to health by a group of persons or an organized group), as well as under Article 118 of the same Code (assault). His brother, Zaven Grigoryan, was charged only under Article 112, Part 2, Clause 6.

Both brothers have pleaded not guilty to the charges against them. Trdat Sargsyan, the former governor of Vayots Dzor, was also associated with the incident.

Officers present at the time of the incident testified that he was present and passive, and they also maintained their testimony during face-to-face questioning. The investigative committee reported that the former governor was not a witness to the dispute that took place on September 17, 2019, and was not at the scene. Despite this, one week after the incident, Trdat Sargsyan resigned from the position of governor of Vayots Dzor, now he is a deputy of the “Civil Agreement” faction of the National Assembly.

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