Head of Anelik bank branch arrested on suspicion of being involved in murder

YEREVAN, January 12. /ARKA/. The head of Anelik bank’s Vagharshapat branch in the town of Etchmiadzin, Arman Paravyan 43, was arrested Monday on suspicion of being involved in the murder of a man in Musaler restaurant, according to shamshyan.com.

The incident occurred late on January 6. The killed man, Aram Karapetyan, 22, a resident of Taronik village, was shot and killed. Another man, Armen Khlgatyan, head of Taronik administration, was taken to a Yerevan hospital with a gun wound to the thigh. A court in Armavir region ordered that Arman Paravyan be arrested for two months.

Three other men, Arthur Babayan, Armen Paravyan and Khoren Khachikyan, also suspected of being involved in the murder are wanted by police.

According to police, Aram Karapetyan was killed in a brawl by Babayan by an illegally possessed gun.
Arman Paravyan is said to have surrendered to the police -0-

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