YEREVAN. – One of the two brothers, who were detained in connection with the case into the murder of Hrach Muradyan, the prefect of Armenia’s Proshyan village, is set free.

According to the Armenian News-NEWS.am sources, Artak Petrosyan was released based on the decision of the body that was conducting the April 5 proceedings.  

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, Proshyan village residents, Arayik and Artak Petrosyan brothers, were detained in connection with Muradyan’s murder case.

The body of Hrach Muradyan was found on April 1, and with a fatal gunshot wound, near the administration building of Proshyan village, in Kotayk Region of Armenia. The regional investigation department instituted criminal proceedings, an investigation is underway, and Arayik Petrosyan was arrested on April 5.