YEREVAN. – The investigators have rejected the demand by the lawyers of  Vahe Avetyan’s supporters to bring  the restaurant owner, Ruling Republican Party of Armenia member Ruben Hayrapetyan as a suspect in the Harsnaqar bearing case, as well as decoding his phone calls. The lawyers claim it brings forth serious doubts whether the Harsnaqar case is investigated fairly. 

To note, the Attorney General’s Office and the Ministry of Justice have answered to the questions by several MPs. Opposition ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Armen Rustamyan, Armenian National Congress MP Aram Manukyan and Heritage MP Ruben Hakobyan applied the state bodies, trying to find out whether  Hayrapetyan is involved in the death of Vahe Avetyan.

In response the agencies said no one ordered to beat Avetyan.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, an incident had occurred at Yerevan’s Harsnaqar Restaurant on June 17, where several military doctors including Edgar Mikoyan, Arkadi Aghajanyan, Garik Soghomonyan, Artak Bayadyan and Vahe Avetyan were brutally beaten by Hayrapetyan’s security personnel. Vahe Avetyan died in hospital on June 29. The Police have detained six people.