As a result of investigative and other procedural actions carried out in the ongoing criminal proceeding No. 15160723 in the Main Directorate of Investigation of the RA National Security Service, factual data were obtained regarding the commission of an obvious crime - torture, committed by police officers of the RA MIA as part of a group against a resident of Yerevan city G.B., in order to obtain confession and punishment for the act.

At the request of the investigator, decisions were made by the supervising prosecutor to initiate public criminal prosecution against the head of the criminal investigation department of the Central Department of the YCD of the RA MIA Police S.H. and his deputy G.Kh. under the relevant articles of the RA Criminal Code for committing torture as part of a group. Suspension of powers was chosen as a measure of restraint against the latter.

In criminal proceedings, large-scale and various operative-search and procedural actions continue to be taken to identify the full picture of the crime committed, identify other persons involved in the above-mentioned case, and initiate public criminal prosecution against them, as a result, effectively implement the principle of the inevitability of criminal liability.

Note: anyone charged with a crime is considered innocent as long as his/her guilt is not proven in a manner prescribed by the Code of Criminal Procedure of RA - by the court decision entered into legal force.