Air Armenia Company Director General Arsen Avetisyan is at hospital. He is recovering after being attacked and beaten up at the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) yesterday, Sirakan Hambartsoumyan, Air Armenia Marketing Office, told ArmInfo. In his words, the Police was informed of the fact.
Armen Malkhasyan, an officer of the Armenian Police Department for Public Relations, told ArmInfo, the incident is being inquired into.
Earlier ArmInfo reported with a reference to Avetisyan's wife Isabella Melkumyan, saying Arsen Avetisyan, Air Armenia Director General, was confined at the Football Federation of Armenia. She said that Garnik Papikyan, the owner of Taron Avia Company, which Air Armenia owes to, appealed to FFA Head Ruben Hayrapetyan for support.
"Hayrapetyan called by husband yesterday and set an appointment at 6:00pm. Not long ago after Arsen left home, his brother called me and said my husband was beaten up and forcefully taken to the FFA. He has not returned home since then. I have no information about him," Isabella Melkumyan said.
A few days ago, Air Armenia Company sold 49% of its shares and looked to use the proceeds to re-launch the passenger fights in the main destinations.
Ruben Hayrapetyan is said to have an interest in Taron Avia engaged in freight activity and seeking a license for passenger transportation. It is not the first case when Hayrapetyan, an oligarch and the head of FFA, settles his problems with unlawful methods by means of his personal guard.
The public still remembers the incident when Hayrapetyan's bodyguards beat to death a major of the medical service of Armenia's Armed Forces at one of the tycoon's restaurants. No organization decision making followed that tragic incident. One can only hope that this time the law-enforcement will respond adequately to the beating and kidnapping of the company head.