Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Defense Army (NKR DA) conscript Arsen Baghdasaryan, whom the Azerbaijan Armed Forces had allegedly taken captive during an incident, was not actually taken captive, but he had escaped being tried at court.   

Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned that a criminal case was instituted against this young man, and the respective trial was scheduled for no later than next week.

According to information, now the ex-soldier had stood out by his disorderly conduct during military service, and this had led to the filing of a criminal lawsuit against him.

It was reported that Baghdasaryan was captured on Friday. And the NKR MOD press service had issued a statement refuting the Azerbaijani allegations of an incident. 

“As for Arsen Baghdasaryan being taken captive [by Azerbaijan], the DA [hereby] informs that, being a contract military serviceman of the Defense Army, this person has voluntarily deserted, on a regular basis, the place his permanent [military] deployment, for which he was temporarily expelled from [military] service,” the statement also read.