YEREVAN. – The Prosecutor General’s Office of Armenia will file an appeal against the first instance court decision on releasing MP and Yerkrapah (Defender of the Land) Volunteer Union Board ex-Chairman, retired General Manvel Grigoryan, from custody.

Arevik Khachatryan, head of the public relations division at the attorney general’s office, told about the abovementioned to Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“The Prosecutor General’s Office has received the court decision on Manvel Grigoryan’s case,” Khachatryan said. “[But] the prosecutor’s office believes it’s not substantiated, and it will file an appeal against the decision of the court.”

On late Friday evening, the capital city Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction released Manvel Grigoryan from custody on an AMD 25mn (approx. US$51,600) bail.

Grigoryan was arrested on June 19. He is charged with unlawfully keeping weapons and ammunition, and committing large-scale embezzlement. In particular, it is about the embezzlement of the aid that was sent during the days of the four-day war in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), in April 2016. 

Armenia’s retired General Manvel Grigoryan released from jail on bail (PHOTOS)