ArmInfo. Kocharyan's case deprived of an important witness as a result of Hayk Harutyunyna's death. Director of the Armenian Institute of International Relations and Security Stepan Safaryan expressed a similar opinion to ArmInfo.
On the night of September 24, the body of former Police Chief Hayk Harutyunyan was found in his house in Bjni with a gunshot wound to the head. A firearm and a shell case were found at the scene.
According to Naira Harutyunyan, press secretary of the Investigative Committee, a criminal case has been opened on this case, on the grounds of part 1 of Article 110 ("Bringing a Person to Suicide or Attempted Suicide by Threats") of the RA Criminal Code.
"Harutyunyan, according to the Prosecutor General, was supposed to appear in court for a face-to-face confrontation with Kocharyan and interrogation. At a court hearing on September 17, Kocharyan included four people with whom he discussed secret order 0038 in 2008 and the state of emergency called Harutyunyan. It was Harutyunyan who commanded the actions of the police on the morning of March 1, which, in his own words, in the court, parliament and the Special Investigation Service, clearly informed Robert Kocharyan, "he recalled.
According to Safaryan, according to the results of the expected interrogation and face-to-face confrontation with Kocharyan, Harutyunyan either had to take all the blame or confirm his previous written testimony. Another important witness, according to the analyst, is Gegham Petrosyan, who also testified in parliament and the SIS. And the connecting link between these two planes was precisely Harutyunyan. "Without claiming the degree of legal knowledge of the lawyers and the prosecution, nevertheless, I think that in all cases the investigation and the court have a satisfactory amount of evidence given by the late Harutyunyan. The evidence of which has not been called into question until now. In this light, I do not think that the death of Harutyunyan will lead the investigation and the court to a standstill, although it is clear that, at least at theface-to-face confrontation and interrogation, new interesting details could come up, "Safaryan summed up.