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Most Important Evidence in Non-Combat Army Death Case is Missing
11.23.2011 17:50 epress.am
The most important evidence in the case of Tigran Ohanjanyan who died
while serving in the army during peacetime on Aug. 30, 2007, the
radio-relay station, is missing, Tigran's mother, Gohar Sargsyan, told
Epress.am today.
Recall, according to a Jan. 13, 2010 court ruling, Tigran got in
contact with a wire that was hanging from an antenna mast of the
aforementioned station and died from electroshock.
As a result of complaints by Tigran's parents, the case was re-opened
and a decision was made to again examine the evidence.
`They say my child was supposedly struck by an electric current from
the wire from the relay station which is now missing. I would say this
undermines the prosecution, four years of the investigation is ruined.
The evidence has disappeared and the version of death by electroshock
is eliminated.
`Now they were to start a new investigation on another person without
pursuing the electroshock theory. But since our judicial system is
interconnected, how can a brother sue his brother? One prosecutor has
committed a crime by getting the investigation on the wrong track,
gathering the testimonies together with the investigator - how can one
sue the other?'
Sargsyan said that during the new preliminary inquiry, the relay
station was to have been inspected, but the process was dragging on.
`A couple of days ago I called our investigator to ask when we'll move
toward examination; he said there won't be an examination. I said how
can that be; he said, the relay station is missing. How am I supposed
to take it, when an investigation is going on for 4 years and their
only proof is missing. Who ate the station? I promise to reward the
person who finds the relay station,' Tigran's mother told Epress.am.
According to her, the parents will consult their lawyer in order to
decide who to give an announcement to and where they can find the
station.
`I was with two of the experts the day before yesterday. If there's no
relay station, then you can't examine it, you can't write up a
conclusion. What conclusion are you going to write? The expert and the
investigator said they will examine a similar radio station, or they
already have... I didn't even want to hear it,' she said, comparing the
situation with a case in which a vehicle runs over a pedestrian and
then is missing, then another car is brought in its place which has
left no trace on that man's injuries.
11.23.2011 17:50 epress.am
The most important evidence in the case of Tigran Ohanjanyan who died
while serving in the army during peacetime on Aug. 30, 2007, the
radio-relay station, is missing, Tigran's mother, Gohar Sargsyan, told
Epress.am today.
Recall, according to a Jan. 13, 2010 court ruling, Tigran got in
contact with a wire that was hanging from an antenna mast of the
aforementioned station and died from electroshock.
As a result of complaints by Tigran's parents, the case was re-opened
and a decision was made to again examine the evidence.
`They say my child was supposedly struck by an electric current from
the wire from the relay station which is now missing. I would say this
undermines the prosecution, four years of the investigation is ruined.
The evidence has disappeared and the version of death by electroshock
is eliminated.
`Now they were to start a new investigation on another person without
pursuing the electroshock theory. But since our judicial system is
interconnected, how can a brother sue his brother? One prosecutor has
committed a crime by getting the investigation on the wrong track,
gathering the testimonies together with the investigator - how can one
sue the other?'
Sargsyan said that during the new preliminary inquiry, the relay
station was to have been inspected, but the process was dragging on.
`A couple of days ago I called our investigator to ask when we'll move
toward examination; he said there won't be an examination. I said how
can that be; he said, the relay station is missing. How am I supposed
to take it, when an investigation is going on for 4 years and their
only proof is missing. Who ate the station? I promise to reward the
person who finds the relay station,' Tigran's mother told Epress.am.
According to her, the parents will consult their lawyer in order to
decide who to give an announcement to and where they can find the
station.
`I was with two of the experts the day before yesterday. If there's no
relay station, then you can't examine it, you can't write up a
conclusion. What conclusion are you going to write? The expert and the
investigator said they will examine a similar radio station, or they
already have... I didn't even want to hear it,' she said, comparing the
situation with a case in which a vehicle runs over a pedestrian and
then is missing, then another car is brought in its place which has
left no trace on that man's injuries.