According to the preliminary investigation of the criminal proceedings carried out by the RA Anti-Corruption Committee, it was found that from June 23, 2008 to January 11, 2011 A. H. being the Investigator of the investigative group in the criminal case investigated by the Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia regarding the events that took place on March 1 and 2 in the city of Yerevan, at the instigation of G. K. who held the position of assistant of the RA President and G. M., who held the position of Deputy Chief of the RA Police, together with V. H., the head of the investigative team, through other police officers, abused his official powers, including drawing up and attaching to the case procedural documents containing untrue information, hiding the incident of the committed crime, in order to deny and not reveal the real circumstances of the case, including the involvement of the RA armed forces in the mentioned events, thereby giving the wrong direction to the investigation of the criminal case.

In particular, according to the illegal instructions received from G. K. and G. M., on the basis of a previously reached agreement, during the execution of the forensic examination appointed in the mentioned criminal case, investigator A. H. and head of the investigative team V. H., in July-August 2008, invited a high-ranking police official to the Special Investigation Service and informed that in order to hide the real circumstances of the illegal use of firearms by the RA Armed Forces during the events under discussion, it is necessary to replace around 1,000 of the bullet cartridges of 5.45 mm caliber bullets fired from the firearms found in various locations of the incident site with cartridges fired from the same caliber firearms used in the arsenal of the police forces, as well as to organize the process of changing the reports and the final decision of the official investigation materials already conducted and attached to the criminal case files regarding the fact that the personnel of the special purpose squad of the police forces used firearms with blank bullets during the events that took place in Yerevan on March 1, 2008 and the process of recording the testimonies of the police officers in accordance with the aforementioned reports.

Then, in the combat firing range in the Getazat village of Ararat marz a number of RA police officers fired the required amount of bullets from the rifles attached to the relevant officers of the police forces who were on duty in the central streets of Yerevan on March 1 and 2, 2008, and then took around 1000 cartridges to the Special investigative service and handed over to investigator A. H. After that, the capsules were provided to the expert of the Forensic Department of the RA Police A. H., who performed the said forensic examination. According to the agreement reached, the latter replaced the said cartridges with the real cartridges found and confiscated by the inspection of different locations of the incident site.

Along with the process of changing the capsules found at the scene, together with the head of the investigation team V. H. and others A. H. compiled and attached to the criminal case procedural documents containing untrue information. In particular, on the instruction of V. H., individual investigators of the investigation group, including A. H., in July-August 2008 took untrue reports regarding the fact that they had used ammunition from their fixed rifles during the service on March 1, 2008 from officers of the special purpose squad of the RA police forces who used firearms with blank cartridges during the events that took place in Yerevan on the said day and attached them to the criminal case; and the management of the RA police forces again on the instructions of V. H., made a final backdated decision on legality of use of weapons with combat bullets in the allegedly created situation by the personnel of the special purpose squad of the RA police forces, which is inconsistent with the reality, in line with the aforementioned reports.

At the same time on the instruction of V. H., individual investigators of the investigation group, including A. H., on behalf of the aforementioned officers who used firearms, changed the records of the interrogation as witnesses in the criminal case and using their data, edited the reports with the same content, stating that on March 1, 2008, the RA Police, who carried out a service in the central streets of Yerevan, fired shots with combat bullets from their weapons, a total of 24 units, which concealed the use of weapons by the armed forces and distorted the objective reality in the materials of the criminal case.

After the recording of new untrue statements, the 24 units of assault rifles attached to the officers of the RA police forces were presented to the expert A. H. appointed by decision of March 5, 2008. On August 12, 2008, in the presence of investigator of PIC A. H. bullets and shells were obtained from the above-mentioned 24 assault rifles by experimental shots for comparative research, then the results of the examination of forged evidence were fixed by the expert in conclusion N 390 of December 29, 2008, which was attached to the criminal case file on December 30, 2008.

Thus, conducting a preliminary investigation in the mentioned criminal case before January 11, 2011 and having the obligation to take all possible measures for a comprehensive, complete and objective investigation of the circumstances of the case A. H. abused his official powers, which carelessly caused grave consequences, bearing in mind that many guns in the balance sheet of the RA Ministry of Defense and the RA Police were defaced over time, destroyed by melting, lost or removed from circulation for other reasons, under such conditions by removing the cartridges containing traces of crime present in the case, obstacles were created to reveal the circumstances particularly grave crimes by examining the cartridges found at the scene.

Former investigator of the investigative group A. H. was charged under part 2 of article 308 of the former Criminal Code of the Republic of Armenia. The preliminary investigation in the criminal proceedings against him is over. The materials of the proceedings were handed over to the supervising prosecutor with an indictment, with a motion to send it to the court.

Notification. the person accused of a crime is considered innocent until his guilt is proven in accordance with the procedure established by the RA Criminal Procedure Code by a verdict entered into legal force.