Based on the report of the prisoner of the RA “Artik” Penitentiary V.Y, the RA Special Investigation Service initiated a criminal case based on the prepared materials under Paragraph 2 of Article 309 of the RA Criminal Code.
According to the website of the Investigative Department, based on the prisoner’s report, on 2 April 2014 at around 23:45 the police officers of Kumari Police Department of the RA Shirak Marz Police, applied violence against the prisoner in order to make him testify. Further he was kept illegally in the administrative building of the mentioned police department.
Prejudicial inquiry is in process.
Note. Everyone charged with a criminal offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty by the court verdict lawfully entered into force as prescribed by Criminal Procedure Code.
