Son of former Syunik governor not transferred to Hospital of Convicts

Rumors that the son of the former governor of Syunik province Suren Khachatrian has been transferred from Nubarashen penal institution to Hospital of Convicts do not correspond to reality, acting head of the press service of the Justice Ministry’s Criminal-Executive Department Gor Glechian said, according to Pastinfo news agency.

Glechian said that Suren Khachatrian’s son is kept in Nubarashen penal institution.

We would remind you that there was a shootout outside the house of Suren Khachatrian in the city of Goris on the evening of June 1. Former candidate for Goris mayor Avetik Budaghian was killed, while his brother, a military unit commander Artak Budaghian, was seriously wounded and hospitalized. The governor’s bodyguard Nikolai Abrahamian was also wounded.

The Syunik governor’s son Tigran Khachatrian and another bodyguard, Zarzand Nikoghosian, were arrested on suspicion of murder. They were charged under Article 104 part 2 point 6 (murder) and Article 235 part 1 (illegal purchase, possession, and carrying of arms) of the Criminal Code.

The Syunik regional court of general jurisdiction granted the investigatory body’s petition to use two months’ arrest as a measure of restraint against Tigran Khachatrian and Zarzand Nikoghosian who have been transferred to Nubarashen penal institution.