On February 28, the body of Ghukas Tamamyan, father of Head of Department of Criminal Investigations of Armenian Police Hovhannes Tamamyan, was found dead at his private house in Yerevan. It is yet unclear what caused the 81-year-old man’s death. According to some reports, Ghukasyan committed a suicide. The press service of Armenian police did not refute suicide reports.

As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier,  on February 26, Chief of Armenian Police Alik Sargsyan signed a decree removing Head of Department of Criminal Investigations of Armenian police Hovhannes Tamamyan and chief of Arabkir police department Varazdat Adamyan from their posts.