Former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Tiran Khachatryan was detained for two months, his lawyer team reports.
National hero Khachatryan was arrested yesterday in a case related to the 44-day war. Tiran Khachatryan. does not accept the accusation.
In the statement, the lawyers stated that the accusation against Tiran Khachatryan was fully substantiated during the court session that lasted for about 5 hours in order to punish, as well as to order the “culprits” of the defeat of the war”.
The investigative committee later disclosed details of the accusation. according to the law enforcement officers, Khachatryan, being the commander of the southern group of troops during the 2020 martial law, showed a negligent attitude towards the performance of his official duties on October 7-17, that is, he did not create a control point for the southern group with all its elements, for combat operations during the administration, he did not fully perform a number of measures characteristic of management, which inadvertently caused serious consequences.
According to the Central Committee’s report, these actions led to the failure of the defense of the army line of the Armed Forces, undermined the troop management system, failed to fulfill the set combat task, “as a result, the enemy took advantage of the created situation and unimpededly took possession of the strategic height, broke through the existing line, in another case bypassed to his own units and, developing the attack, took control of the group’s defense territories”.
Relations between the government and Lieutenant-General Khachatryan worsened in February 2021. On the recommendation of the Prime Minister, Khachatryan was released from the position of the first deputy head of the Armed Forces.
Tiran Khachatryan appealed the dismissal from his position to the court.
Nikol Pashinyan did not clarify for what specific actions Khachatryan received the title of hero, but after some time he urged him to give up the title of National Hero.
Then Khachatryan came to the attention of law enforcement officers in another case. fired shots in the bakery, as a result of which the citizen sitting at the neighboring table was injured.