YEREVAN. – Armenia’s Police have provided new details from the ongoing investigation of the criminal case into the murder of Hrach Muradyan, the prefect of  Proshyan village. 

As a result of forensic chemical examination, traces of gunshot leftovers were discovered in the samples that were taken from the face and nose of Arayik Petrosyan and from the samples that were taken from the vehicle which Petrosyan had operated on the day of the murder, the Police informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The investigation of the criminal case is in progress.     

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, 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, and an investigation is underway. As a result, Proshyan village residents, Arayik and Artak Petrosyan brothers, were detained in connection with Muradyan’s murder case. Arayik Petrosyan was arrested on April 5, whereas Artak Petrosyan was released based on the decision of the body that was conducting the April 5 proceedings.