‘Band case’ convict Dallakian sustained injury during arrest

Arman Dallakian, a convict in the ‘band case’, died at 8:42 pm yesterday, on September 6, in Convicts’ Hospital penal institution. During a talk with PastInfo news agency, Gor Glechian, spokesman for the Criminal Executive Department of Armenian Justice Ministry, found it difficult to specify the cause of death.

“A post-mortem will be carried out to establish the cause of his death,” Glechian noted. In is words, on August 30 the convict underwent eye surgery. Dallakian didn’t attend the September 2 court sitting because of ill health, and the sitting was postponed.

Earlier, on November 19 of last year Arman Dallakian underwent an operation in Convicts’ Hospital. During the arrest, Dallakian stabbed himself in the abdomen, resulting in a hernia.

At that time Dallakian’s lawyer Vachagan Kosian told PastInfo that his client’s health problems were not solved because of the low level of medical care. On the day of his arrest, Dallakian was transported from the Department for Fight against Organized Crime to Erebuni Medical Center. The following day, immediately after the surgical operation, the patient was discharged from the intensive care unit. Asked by the lawyer why the patient was immediately discharged, doctors said that he was discharged on the demand of law enforcers and was taken to the police hospital under escort.