YEREVAN. – The Criminal Court of Appeal has overturned the first instance court decision on remanding Investigative Committee former Deputy Chairman Vahagn Harutyunyan—who is charged with falsifying evidence along the lines of the criminal case into what had occurred in capital city Yerevan in March 2008—in custody, his attorney Mihran Poghosyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

According to the Special Investigation Service statement, during investigation along the lines of the above-said criminal case, it was found out that, from 2007 to 2011, and as head of the team investigating the events that occurred in Yerevan in March 2008, Harutyunyan had falsified evidence during investigation of this criminal case.

This July, Vahagn Harutyunyan was dismissed from the office of Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, and as head of the general department of investigation of especially important cases.

Remanding in custody was enforced as preventive measure for him, and he is being sought.

On March 1 and 2, 2008 the then authorities of Armenia used force against the opposition members who were rallying in downtown Yerevan, and against the results of the presidential election on February 19, 2008. Eight demonstrators as well as two servicemen of the internal troops were killed in the clashes. But no one had been brought to account for these deaths, to this day.