“Arthur Badalyan, a 30-year-old resident of Haghartsin village, who has recently returned from Azerbaijani captivity, said Azeris made him some sort of injection before handing him to the Armenian side,” Aravot newspaper writes.

Badalyan fears that it could be fatal for him. According to Greta Zhamharyan, director of the clinic in Haghartsin village, Arthur’s health condition is not bad. He is receiving treatment at the rehabilitation center of Red Cross in Yerevan. However, according to villagers, he does not look like himself and is walking with a hazy look.

Tavush community administration provided financial assistance of AMD 20,000 and Haghartsin administration AMD 80,000 to his family.

On May 9, 2009 Arthur went to the woods near the village of Navur to collect mushrooms with his friends from Haghartsin. He was lost in the woods and found himself in the territory of Azerbaijan.