Arzni-Kat owner involved in scuffle

14:39 – 14.05.11

The owner of the Arzni-Kat Dairy Products Factory has been involved in
a scuffle that ended with a few warning gunshots before the police
took the weapon for examination.

Speaking to Tert.am Armen Malkhasyan, a police press service officer,
said that at 5:30 pm on May 11 Marat Janvelyan, together with his
sons, had an argument with a local resident named Gevorg Mekhakyan and
his nephew.

The incident took place in Hatis village located in the region of
Kotaik where they exchanged verbal assaults and beat each other.

Further, the scuffle escalated to the extent that one of Marat
Janvelyan’s sons fired in the air from a hunting rifle to ease the
tension.
Malkhasyan further said that the rifle has been confiscated and sent
for examination.

A criminal case has been filed and investigation is underway to find
out the motives of the scuffle, he added.

Tert.am