The court of general jurisdiction of Yerevan sentenced the deputy from the Prosperous Armenia Party, Eduard Babayan, to 3.5 years in prison, the head of the public relations department of the General Prosecutor's Office, Arevik Khachatryan told Armenian News - NEWS.am.
By a court decision, Babayan was released under an amnesty.
Criminal charges have been filed against Eduard Babayan, the head of the security service of Prosperous Armenia Party leader and tycoon MP, Gagik Tsarukyan.
According to the Special Investigation Service (SIS) statement, along the lines of the respective criminal case, charges were filed Thursday against Babayan, and for striking punches—together with a group of men—and deliberately causing life-threatening serious injuries to Vyacheslav Arutyunov.
In August 2018 Eduard Babayan was freed on 20 million AMD bail.
