Friday, April 5 2019 15:16

ArmInfo.The Investigation Committee of Armenia completed a preliminary investigation in a criminal case initiated into abuse of official position by officials  of the Meghri community. The former head of the community and his  former deputy charged.

On July 19, 2018 a criminal case was initiated in the investigation  department of the National Security Service of the Republic of  Armenia under Part 1 of Art. 308 of the RA Criminal Code, the  preliminary investigation of which was conducted in the Syunik  Regional Investigation Department of the RA Investigative Committee.

The investigation obtained evidence that the head of the community,  who held the position from November 2012 to September 2016, being an  official, by prior agreement with his deputy, deliberately committed  actions that were clearly beyond the scope of his authority  established by the Law of the RA   and other regulatory legal acts, and caused substantial harm to the  rights of individuals, as well as the legitimate interests of the  community.

According to the data obtained during the pre-trial proceedings,  during his tenure, the head of the urban community Meghri and the  deputy head of the same community, the director of the Meghri  Foundation, by prior agreement, intentionally violated the decision  of the Council of Elders based on a June 18, 2015 government  decision. Megri on granting fire victims on June 13, 2015 in the  residential building N7 on Zoravar Andranik Street, as well as to  young families registered in Meghri Mayor's Office and in need of an  apartment, for free use of the building Megri infectious diseases  hospital and a land plot allocated for its use and maintenance, as  well as the Megri Regional Medical Center CJSC, which is owned by it.

In particular, without actually studying the holistic data on  registering young families in need of an apartment, without  organizing the process of allocating apartments by drawing lots and  concluding a commission, ignoring the imperative requirements of the  above government decision to donate apartments to these families for  reconstructing the premises provided free of charge in residential  premises, including the list of beneficiaries receiving flats and the  provision of flats, from 8 young families chosen by the government's  decision to artire demanded transfer to the account of the Fund  26.000-36.000 AMD per 1 sq. m provided housing. And 14  people who did not need an apartment and / or were not considered  young and unmarried were provided with apartments.

In addition, garages located at the same address and land plots of  31.3 square meters donated for the same purpose.31.3 square meters,  32.8 square meters, 35.5 square meters, 34.1 square meters, 28.8  square meters and 31.3 square meters were sold to 6 families,  respectively, for 385.000 drams, 330.000 drams of RA, 275.000 drams  of RA, 330.000 drams of RA, 247.500 drams of RA and 385.000 drams.

As a result, the families affected by the fire refused to pay and  receive the apartments due to them free of charge, and 8 young  families in need of housing paid a total of 17.556.710 drams for  receiving the apartments due to them free of charge and14 families  who are not entitled to free housing received apartments. Based on  the evidence obtained, the former head of the city community Meghri  and his former deputy were charged under part 1 of article 309 of the  RA Criminal Code.

The criminal case with the indictment was sent to the prosecutor  supervising the legality of the preliminary investigation.