“I will not let them live peacefully. Did they take a human life and go home and sit quietly?

The next court hearing in the case of 22-year-old Pargev Hakobyan, who was brutally beaten in Etchmiatsin in April last year and died a few days later in the hospital, is scheduled for August. is the stage of questioning witnesses.

Pargev Hakobyan’s mother, Aida Grigoryan according to him, during the interrogation of the witnesses, he, Pargev’s friend who was with him that day, and the boy’s grandmother were also questioned.

Aida Grigoryan is convinced that the boy, who was with her son that day, was intimidated, they clearly told him what to say, because he is very cautious and choppy in his testimony.

“In the beginning, he said something completely different, now he denies it, he gives very clear, short answers that he did not see who beat Pargev, he does not remember them, he says that he had just operated on his nose, and at that time he held his nose so that the blows did not reach his nose. The same goes for the boy’s grandmother. Meanwhile, in one of the published videos, the same grandmother said something else, and now she claims that she does not know anything and did not see anything.

We are in an uncertain situation, I wonder what they are going for, they want to make it so that they put all the blame on one brother and release the other brother. I’m scared to think what could happen next.” of 168.am Aida Grigoryan said in a conversation with

According to our interlocutor, the lawyer of the two brothers who appeared in the accused’s chair petitions at almost all court sessions to replace the detention of his clients with house arrest, these petitions are still rejected by the judge. They also mediated house arrest for a bail of 59 million drams, but were again refused.

“And those people say: what is the difference if they are in a detention center or at home?” I want to understand whether there is any difference, whether they took a person’s life and go home to sit quietly, is there any difference?

Of course, I’m afraid, I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, maybe the court will decide to give house arrest, and those who don’t know the state of probation, then what should they do so that they don’t leave the house during house arrest?

He also said that he will not be silent in any way, he will fight no matter what.

“I will not bring my son back, but I will not leave them to live peacefully. A public figure is arrested for a single statement, they are not given house arrest. But people took my son’s life, are you interceding for them to be placed under house arrest? I feel pain for our reality today,” stressed Aida Grigoryan.

Let’s remind that the incident took place on April 23, 2025, in Etchmiadzin.

The reason for this incident with a tragic ending was that when the young man’s car was passing through a puddle, water poured onto the car standing next to it, the window of which was open… a dispute arose, the young man was brutally beaten by a group, due to which he died in the hospital in May. In this case, two brothers, Gor and Valerik Arakelyan, appeared in the accused’s chair.

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