The necessary investigative and procedural actions are being carried out within the framework of a criminal proceeding, and an official statement will be made later. This was reported to Armenian News-NEWS.am by the Investigative Committee of Armenia, commenting on the search that has been taking place at the house of opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) chairman Gagik Tsarukyan since early morning.

Earlier, Armenian News-NEWS.am reported that a search was being carried out at the house of PAP leader—and business tycoon—Gagik Tsarukyan this morning. PAP member Arman Abovyan reported that Gagik Tsarukyan's house is surrounded by some kind of machine gunners in military uniforms. “At the moment, operations are underway, we don’t know what it is at this moment, but we know that in fact the house is surrounded and some actions are being carried out inside the house, that’s all for now,” Abovyan noted.

Separately, Iveta Tonoyan, the spokesperson for the PAP leader, shared a video, and noted that masked National Security Service officers are not even allowing lawyers to enter Tsarukyan’s house.

According to preliminary information, searches are also being conducted at several enterprises of the Multi Group company belonging to Gagik Tsarukyan’s, as well as at the National Olympic Committee of Armenia, whose president is Tsarukyan. A few days ago, the prosecutor's office had submitted a petition to the Central Electoral Commission to overcome Tsarukyan's immunity, which was never discussed.

During the parliamentary election campaign season, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had threatened to deprive his opponents of their property and to have them arrested. In particular, he was talking about Strong Armenia Alliance leader and businessman Samvel Karapetyan, ex-president and “Armenia” Alliance leader Robert Kocharyan, and Gagik Tsarukyan.