As we informed a few days ago, after getting acquainted with the materials of the criminal case regarding the fight at Harsnakar Restaurant, the aggrieved party filed respective motions. Thus, www.aravot.am inquired during a conversation with Lusine Hakobyan, the representative of Vahe Avetyan’s legal successor – his father – and other aggrieved persons how the investigation had proceeded after the motion had been filed. L. Hakobyan informed, “Last night we were informed over the phone that the motion had been rejected by the preliminary investigation body, but we haven’t received that decision yet and we don’t know on what grounds it has been rejected.”
We asked L. Hakobyan to mention the serious mistakes made by the preliminary investigation body, which they had put forward in the motion. She stated, “To begin with, the assessment of the accusation. We think that what has happened to Vahe Avetyan should be assessed as murder and not as battery. The fact of Ruben Hayrapetyan’s involvement has been neglected, since as the transcriptions of phone calls show, 5 out of 6 accused followed him to Sevan that day and spent the most part of that day with him. In regard to that issue, no request has been made. Regarding the issue of phone transcriptions of the accused, for example, the transcription of accused Norayr Hayrapetyan’s ArmenTel number has not been requested and it is not in the case. Ruben Hayrapetyan’s phone transcriptions, which, I think, can give important information on the case, have not been requested.”
L. Hakobyan also added, “We demanded to resume the preliminary investigation with the motion, since we think that the investigation carried out is not enough, thus, suspending the preliminary investigation is not an option.”
The aggrieved persons’ representative informed that they would appeal the decision to the attorney’s office, then to the court, as the Criminal Procedure Code provided for.
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