In the framework of the criminal case investigated in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department necessary investigatory actions are conducted to find all circumstances of hooliganism committed in one of the night clubs in Yerevan on May 17, 2016.
 

On May 17, 2016 a call was received informing that at about 04:00 at one of the night clubs operating in Abovyan Street, Yerevan a group of people grossly violated the public order, argued with one another during which they used violence against one another with items used as a weapon –stones and sticks taken from the ground inflicting bodily damages.
 

On April 20, 2016 a criminal case was initiated in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts of Yerevan Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee according to the Part 4 of the Article 258 of RA Criminal Code. Investigatory actions of great volume were conducted to find all circumstances, motive, frame of participants of the case, videos captured by cameras of the night club were confiscated, the employees, customers, of the club, policemen on duty were interrogated.
 

Taking the public interest into consideration we inform that according to preliminary investigation data, the row erupted in the night club on domestic affairs between two young men. Then their friends joined them and they continued the argument outside – at the club turning the argument into hooliganism.
 

On the base of the evidence obtained in the framework of the criminal case, up to May 16 5 persons were involved as a defendant. Particularly, on April 29 two persons R. Tumanyan and V. Vardanyan were arrested on suspicion of being involved in hooliganism. On May 2 charge was pressed against them according to the Part 4 of the Article 258 of RA Criminal Code. On the same day the investigator submitted motions to the court to use detention as a pretrial measure against them which were taken back by the prosecutor implementing procedural control and signature not to leave was chosen as a pretrial measure against the defendants.
 

On April 28 the prosecutor’s instruction on urgent arrest of G. Grigoryan on suspicion of being involved in hooliganism, as well as the prosecutor’s decisions on arresting G. Arsenyan, A. Nersisyan were received in the Investigative Division of Kentron and Norq-Marash administrative districts the fulfillment of which was tasked to relevant subdivisions of the police.
 

On May 11, 2016 at 16:10 G. Arsenyan was arrested by police officers in border checkpoint of “Bagratashen” and was brought to the investigative body.  
 

On the base of the obtained evidence on May 14 the investigator pressed charge against him according to the Part 4 of the Article 258 of RA Criminal Code and submitted a motion to the court to use detention as a pretrial measure against him. The motion was sufficed.
 

On May 16 decisions were made to involve G. Grigoryan and A. Nersisyan as a defendant according to the same article – the Part 4 of the Article 258 of RA Criminal Code. Motions were submitted to the court to use detention as a pretrial measure against them. The motions were sufficed. Considering that their whereabouts are unknown search has been declared.
 

Preliminary investigation is ongoing.  
 

Note; Everyone charged with alleged crime offence shall be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law.