Civic activist Artur Aleksanyan who, according to the complaint filed by deputy of the My Step faction of the National Assembly Nikolay Baghdasaryan, had tried to run him over with his bike and was arrested a few days ago, has been released, as reported Aleksanyan’s defense attorney Emin Beglaryan.

Beglaryan added that he had appealed to the appellate court and substantiated his appeal by stating that there is no substantiated suspicion and there is a lack of grounds. According to preliminary information, the court granted the appeal on both grounds.

On May 11, deputy of the My Step faction of the National Assembly Nikolay Baghdasaryan reported to the police that, due to his work as a deputy, the same day, a stranger tried to run him over with a bike in Yerevan and made threats and used sexual insults. A criminal case was instituted under the elements of use of force against a representative of the authorities. The person on the bike is member of “Kamq” (Will) initiative Artur Aleksanyan.

Based on the press release of the Prosecutor General’s Office, after a regular parliamentary session, Aleksanyan pursued deputy Nikolay Baghdasaryan and, finding out that he had voted in favor of the disputed Lanzarote Convention, used sexual insults and threatened to settle a score with him. He is charged with threatening to use force against a representative of the authorities.