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Charges were brought today against Tigran Khachatryan, the son of governor of Armenia’s Syunik province Suren Khachatryan. T. Khachatryan was detained on July 25 as part of an investigation into the incident that took place in an area known as Sdkhi Gyol. The case is investigated by Armenian Investigative Committee’s (IC) Main Investigative Department for Cases of Particular Importance.
The press service of IC said earlier that all necessary steps were being taken for a comprehensive and impartial investigation of violence committed against brothers Harutyun and Mushegh Zakarians.

The press service of IC reported today that Tigran Khachatryan who inflicted severe injuries on Harutyun Zakaryan is charged with a crime referred to in Article 112 part of Armenia’s Criminal Code – intentional infliction of severe injuries on a person or infliction of other grave damage to health, considered dangerous to life.

The investigator has filed today an application to a court to choose arrest as a measure of restraint against Tigran Khachatryan. A preliminary investigation is underway.

Pastinfo news agency reported earlier citing Armenia’s Investigative Committee that around 9:35 pm on May 2, 2015 a local police station received a call from the Goris city medical center, saying that Harutyun Zakaryan was taken to hospital with an eye injury.

His brother, Mushegh Zakaryan, was also injured in the incident. Police learned that around 4:00 pm on the same day Zakaryan argued with T. Khachatryan (Tigran Khachatryan - the son of Syunik regional governor Suren Khachatryan). The quarrel continued in an area better known as ‘Sdkhi Gyol’ where several other men entered into the argument, which turned into a scuffle. H. Zakaryan was injured in the scuffle (he lost his eyesight). On May 4 the prosecutor’s office of Syunik province opened a criminal case under Article 258 part 3 – hooliganism committed by a group of people.

During the investigation six people, including the governor’s brother and son, were involved as accused persons based on the collected evidence.