In this
way Ruben Karakhanian explains his crime. In September 22, 2004 in Yerevan near
the S. Spandarian school next to the police of the Centre the famous producer
Karen Gevorkian and his operator Gagik Harutiunian met the usual hooligan in "forse".
" I and Karen Gevorgian went out near the school to the direction of Grigor
Lusavorich street. Then a "Mersedes Jeep" stopped in front of us at
the sharp angle and insisted to give him the way. He shouldn’t come and pass in
front of me he should go on his way. He came and stopped in front of me saying
"give me the way". I showed him with my hands that I couldn’t, "would
you pass over my head?" I couldn’t give him the way because there were a
lot of cars behind me and there wasn’t any place to move. He began to drive back
and forward and during that time he was about to hit a woman. Everybody began
to cry: "What are you doing?" Then he drove to me and said: " Don’t
you listen to me, ara? Why don’t you give me the way?" I answered: "You
are "ara" and your father". He said: "Go aside to speak."
"As there weren’t any place to stop we drove ahead,- remember Gagik Harutiunian.
He drove in front of us and turned to the direction of Hakhtanak bridge. But we
didn’t want to follow him so we stopped near the "Fish shop". He turned
and approuched to us though it was infringement,- continues the story Karen Gevorgian.
We didn’t get out from the car. He got out from the car approuched to us, held
with his right hand the door of the car and struck my face. He was holding the
door of my car not allowing me toget out of the car. Karen got out then left the
door and I got out, too. He said that he had struck me and hadn’t been sorry.
"By the way I work in organs". I said: "So let’s go to police."
We went to the police but he run away.The numbers of "ML Mersedes Jeep"
was 70SO600. "I was informed that that boy’s name was Ruben Karakhanian and
the shop "Egoiste" on the Sarian street was his own. I know only this
information about him, – said Gagik. Then I wrote an application which took
4 hours, they said they were busy or other argumentations. Then a few persons
came and tried to find a way to solve the problem. But we said we would go till
the end. We must mention that Gagik’s nose had been broken and in the police his
face was in blood. On October 8 in the police of the Centre a criminal case was
brought. Though for bringing a criminal case the criminal code determined 10 days.
During this 10 days the owners of the car tried to "buy" Gagik but in
vain. On October 10 Gagik Harutiunian was considered as a victim. The witness
Karen Gevorgian and the victim Gagik Harutiunian were interrogated. The case examins
the investigator of the investigating department of the Centre in Yerevan Khachik
Khachikian. Gagik tells that the investigators has done nothing, they haven’t
brought the imprints of fingures in spite of he has told them about it. Gagik
Harutiunian also told the police that the boy who had struck him had probably
used narcotics and had asked to take him to the narcological dispanser to examine.
But Ruben Karakhanian hasn’t been examined. The Karakhanian’s relatives have tried
to come to a conclusion with Gagik and have met him for several times: "
The relatives who came to Gagik said to him that the car didn’t belong to Rubik
and the shop wasn’t his own, he only worked there. They came to buy me. They told:
"Let’s think how much we spend on and how much you must spend. Let’s give
it to you and solve the problem. I said no, we must make this precedent and show
everybody that we weren’t afraid of such things. I call to the people: Don’t submit
and don’t make them to pay back. As paying you they aren’t punished.They have
provided such outlays for their budget. We must show them that we can fight against
them and punish. "This has become a social everyday occurance in our
days: shaved heads, their indecent behavor in the expensive cars, the numbers
of their cars, breaking, hitting, they get their self-affirmation in this way.They
have already this psychology. We must fight against it on legal ground. The society
also must fight against them,- says producer Karen Gevorgian. Certainly on Rubik
Karakhanian’s back is an official even with a big calibre. The deputy chief of
the Military police, colonel Haik Stepanian.He is the real owner of "NAM
group"/it imports cloths and underwear/. He is also the owner of a chandeliers
shop at Mashtots avenu near the closed market. He is engaged in car business,
too. Haik Stepanian drives several cars some of them with the diplomatic numbers.
On the whole the officials of the MP are successful businessmen but this is another
story.Edik Baghdasarian
