ArmInfo. Mayor candidate Vardevan Grigoryan from Prosperous Armenia Party will continue electoral campaign in Gyumri, Head of PAP Faction Naira Zohrabyan told ArmInfo's correspondent on September 22.
According to her, he does not intend to withdraw his candidacy because of his son's death and will continue to run for the mayor's position. At the same time she stressed that she and other members of the faction will lead the electoral campaign. "Political team of the party takes the responsibility for continuing election campaign", she stressed.
Zohrabyan also added that she does not believe that Vardevan Gevorgyan's son Arshak has committed suicide. "We will be consistent to reveal the real circumstances. I cannot understand how a person who was carrying out organizational tasks in the campaign headquarters minutes before, could commit suicide. Or how could he commit suicide with his left hand when his is right-hander?" she stressed. At the same time the MP added that the criminal case has been initiated on incitement to suicide. "It is not clear who could cause him to commit suicide, decisive statements of the law enforcement bodies that it was a suicide are also strange", Zohrabyan noted adding that the investigation should provide answers to all the unclear questions. She added that the situation in Gyumri is rather tense related to the incident.
According to preliminary investigation data of the Investigative Committee, on September 20, 2016 from 12:30 to 13:00 Arshak Grigoryan, born in 1990, committed a suicide in their basement with a rifle of "Makarov" model procured illegally. Through inspection of the site, the rifle of 'Makarov" model with charged cartridges, a capsule, as well as a bullet was found. A criminal case was initiated according to the Part 1 of the Article 110 and the Part 1 of the Article 235 of RA Criminal Code. Through inspection of the site necessary samples were taken and forensic examinations were commissioned to find circumstances significant for the criminal case.
The Investigative Committee informs that a number of persons were interrogated, including the victim's relatives, friends. The relevant subdivisions of the police were tasked to take operative- searching measures. During preliminary investigation it was found that there are cameras at the area the videos of which have been confiscated and video recording examination has been commissioned.