ArmInfo. On the fact of illegal alienation of land adjacent to the free economic zone "Megri", a criminal case. The press service of the RA Police reports.According to the source, the Directorate for Combating Corruption and Economic Crimes of the RA Police received a signal that in 2014, during the implementation of the process of creating a free economic zone in the Karchevan community of Syunik region, the head of this community and other officials were abused.
In the process of preparing the investigation materials, evidence was obtained that the abuses were committed both by the head of the community and by the former heads of the real estate cadastre committee.It turned out that in July 2014, the then head of the Real Estate Cadastre Committee and his deputy visited the Karchevan community. where, pointing to the head of the community in the territory adjacent to CJSC "Free Economic Zone Meghri", announced the initiative of the then prime minister to begin the process of alienation of these territories in favor of CJSC "ESIA".
Then the head of the company, who visited the head of the community, demanded that he organize the sale of these territories through competitive bidding, in which other participants would formally participate. After that, the head of the community organized the illegal alienation of these lands fromusing obviously falsified documents. Thus, one of the members of the Council of Elders signed a protocol on the allegedly held meeting of the Council of Elders, at which the decision on alienation was taken. Meanwhile, as noted by the RA Police, in fact there was no meeting of the Council. Based on these agreements, 3,209,948 ha of land were alienated at a price of 1.540.000 drams, 550.000 drams and 385.000 drams.
Thus, the community suffered enormous damage.Moreover, the head of the community, already being informed about the prospect of creating a free economic zone, on the basis of vested interests and abusing his official position, sold 1,378 hectares of land adjacent to the zone. A criminal case was initiated on this fact according to the first part of Article 308 and the first part of Article 314 of the RA Criminal Code. The investigation continues.
