On 13 March, the investigation of the criminal case suspended in 2000 and later resumed regarding the former Minister of Internal Affairs of Armenia, writer and publicist Vano Siradeghyan continued in the Anti-Corruption Criminal Court. Judge Vahe Dolmazyan presided the court session.

According to the accusation Vano Siradeghyan, in the position of minister, in the summer of 1992, organized a stable armed criminal group (gang) through Armen Sahak Ter-Sahakyan, which he included in the trusted to him system and armed with various types of firearms and ammunition, and later sponsored the gang and hid numerous robberies and other crimes that the gang committed.

In July 1999, the criminal case against Vano Siradeghyan and 11 other defendants was sent with an indictment, to the Court of Malatia-Sebastia Community. The Head of the Interior Troops Department of the RA Ministry of Internal Affairs Vahan Harutyunyan and other representatives of the internal troops were among the accused. (The criminal case against Armen Ter-Sahakyan and others was sent to the court earlier and was heard in another court).

In 2000, Vano Siradeghyan fled; the part concerning him was separated from the case of Vahan Harutyunyan and others. The charges brought against them were justified in court and they were convicted. The investigation of the case regarding Vano Siradeghyan was suspended in the court due to the fact that his location was not known.

Vano Siradeghyan died on 16 October, 2021. In 2022, the investigation of the criminal case against him was resumed. Lawyer Tigran Yegoryan informed that Khachatur Siradeghyan will demand to continue the investigation of the case with the expectation of acquittal. 

According to Iravaban.net , Khachatur Siradeghyan the son of the defendant and the lawyer Tigran Yegoryan did not appear at the court session.

The court received an application from the defense lawyer Yegoryan that he did not appear at the court session due to his ill health and asked to consider his absence as respectful.

Vahe Dolmazyan decided to postpone the examination of the court case in the absence of the defense side.

The next court hearing is on 3 April.

Mariam Shahnazaryan