Gevorg Nersisyan, the brother of Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II, has been taken into custody for one month, lawyer Emin Khachatryan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Meanwhile, the motion for the arrest of Gevorg Nersisyan’s son, Hambardzum, is still under consideration.

As reported earlier, the brother and nephew of the Catholicos of All Armenians were detained Sunday in Vagharshapat city—and based on a statement by Harutyun Mkrtchyan, the mayoral candidate of the Republic Party, who alleged that Gevorg and Hambardzum Nersisyan had attempted to obstruct his election campaign.

According to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, during the investigation of the criminal case, public criminal prosecution was initiated against two individuals—and under Article 211 of the Criminal Code: forcing someone to carry out or refrain from carrying out propaganda, or otherwise obstructing the conduct of propaganda.