In the framework of the criminal case investigated in General Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of the RA Investigative Committee on the incident that took place at the entrance of the yard of the RA second President Robert Qocharyan’s detached house charge was pressed against 32 year-old Hovhannes Muradyan.
 

In the result of investigatory, operative intelligence measures taken through preliminary investigation sufficient data were obtained on the allegation that on April 15, 2016 at about 18:25 32 year-old Hovhannes Muradyan drove in a car registered in his father’s name to the main entrance of the yard of the RA second President Robert Qocharyan’s detached house and threw a training grenade towards the security post disrupting the work of state security officers.
 

Besides, through inspection, conducted on April 18 in H. Muradyan’s apartment in the order defined by law, drug of “tetrahydrokannabinol” type in significant amount was found in his personal items and confiscated.  
 

On the base of the obtained evidence on April 20 charge was pressed against H. Muradyan according to the Part 1 of the Article 258 and the Part 1 of the Article 268 of RA Criminal Code. On the same day the investigator submitted a motion to the court to use detention as a pretrial measure against him.
 

Taking public interest into consideration we inform that during preliminary investigation a writ was received from “Avan Mental Health Center” CJSC of the RA Ministry of Health informing that Hovhannes Muradyan has been registered in the center with diagnosis of “Schizophrenia, paranoid form” since 19.09.2014.
 

Stationery psychiatric examination was commissioned against him by the investigator the implementation of which was tasked to experts of department of stationery forensic psychiatric examination of “Nubarashen” psychiatric hospital of the RA Ministry of Health.
 

On April 20 a motion was submitted to the Court of First Instance of Arabkir and Qanaqer-Zeytun administrative districts to put H. Muradyan in the department of stationery forensic psychiatric examination of “Nubarashen” psychiatric hospital of the RA Ministry of Health starting from April 21, 2016.
 

Preliminary investigation is ongoing.
 

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