Tuesday, April 16 2024 10:56

ArmInfo.The Department for Investigation of Serious Crimes of the Yerevan City Administration of  the Investigative Committee of Armenia has opened a criminal case on the fact of hooliganism against a member the dominant faction of the RA National Assembly.

According to the Investigative Committee, on April 15, the police of  the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Armenia received  a message that on the same day, from 14:10 to 14:30, in the area  between Arshakunyats Avenue and Agatangeghos Street in Yerevan, an  unknown person allowed himself to engage in antisocial behavior,  grossly violating public order, insulting statements and threats  against National Assembly Deputy A. Aslanyan, as well as statements  spreading hostility towards political authorities in public places.

On April 15 at 17:15, Yerevan resident S.V., who himself came to the  body carrying out the proceedings, was taken to the police. Based on  reasonable suspicion of committing a crime, it was decided to detain  S.V.  The preliminary investigation continues.

Earlier, a video recording of the incident involving Samvel Vardanyan  and member of the "Civil Contract" parliamentary faction Hakob  Aslanyan appeared on social media. The short video shows that the  deputy is called "anti-Armenian scum" and states that the authorities  are "surrendering their homeland." In response, the deputy calls the  person filming the video an "idiot" and demands not to interfere with  him getting off the bus. Judging by the footage of the phone falling  to the floor, the guy was then pushed. At the same time, Aslanyan  assured journalists that he simply "pushed him to go to the exit,"  and the guy allegedly hit the deputy.

Later, NA Speaker Alen Simonyan published a video of the incident  online, calling it hooliganism and promising that the culprit "will  be punished to the fullest extent of the law."