Within the framework of the criminal proceeding investigated in the Department of Investigation of Particularly Important Cases of General Military Investigative Department of the RA Investigative Committee factual data were obtained on the allegation that during the martial law, declared according to the RA Government’s  decision dated September 27, 2020, T.Kh., former high-ranking official of the RA Armed Forces, being appointed as the Commander of the Southern Group of Forces in accordance with the military order of the Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces,  between 7 and 17 October, 2020 showed negligent attritude towards the performance of his official duties. Namely, he did not create a southern group control point with all its elements, did not fully implement a number of management-speccific measures during combat operations, which negligently caused grave consequences.

Particularly, the latter’s actions led to the failure of the defense of the army's frontline, weakened the command system of the troops, and disrupted the execution of the assigned combat task. As a result, the enemy took advantage of the created situation and easily captured the strategic high ground, breached the existing defense line, and in another instance, bypassed own units, and developing the assault, took control of the areas assigned to the group’s defense.

On January 3, 2025 public criminal prosecution was initiated against T.Kh. according to the Part 3 of the Article 376 of  RA Criminal Code adopted on 18.04.2003.

On January 4, 2025 T.Kh. was arrested to be presented to court. On the same day a motion was submitted to the criminal court of first instance of Yerevan to apply detention as a pretrial measure against the latter.

On January 5, 2025 the court sufficed the motion and detention was applied as a pretrial measure against T.Kh.