COURT STARTS EXAMINATION OF FALSE INFORMATION CASE REVEALED DURING INVESTIGATION OF SHAHEN HOVASAPIAN’S MURDER CASE

Noyan Tapan
Dec 19 2006

YEREVAN, DECEMBER 19, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance
of Yerevan’s Kentron and Nork-Marash communities on December 18
started examining the case of false information revealed during the
investigation of the case of killing Shahen Hovasapins, the head of
the operative-investigative department of the State Tax Service. The
accused – the officer of the RA Police Davtashen Unit Gevorg Gevorgian
and the deputy head of the Bagratashen crossing point Artavazd Melikian
denied chargers against them. According to the case materials, having
agreed beforehand with A. Melikian, G. Gevorgain (with the aim of
taking revenge) sent an anonymous letter, in which he accused the
aggrieved parties Sahak Arsenian and Zhirayr Hayrapetian of killing
Sh. Hovasapian. According to the testimonies of witnesses and aggrieved
parties, the motive for taking revenge was that G. Gevorgain suspected
that S. Arsenian told his girlfriend about his being married, while
Zh. Hayrapetian dated her. This prompted G. Gevorgain to "take
measures" by sending false information about these two persons. 3
witnesses were questioned at the court sitting, including the two
girlfriends involved in the love affairs, and the two aggrieved
parties. The court decidedd that the other aggrived parties and
the accused will be questioned, after which the main evidence will
be examined.