
The official was arrested as part of a criminal case of bribery and illegal use of subsoil
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The mayor of the city of Meghri Khachatur Andreasyan was detained by employees of the Anti-Corruption Committee of Armenia as part of a case of bribery and illegal use of mineral resources.
A court in Armenia arrested the mayor of the city of Meghri, Syunik region in the south of the country, Khachatur Andreasyan, the official was arrested as part of a criminal case of bribery and illegal use of subsoil, press secretary of the Anti-Corruption Committee of the Republic Marina Ohanjanyan told RIA Novosti.
Andreasyan was detained by employees of the said department on Wednesday, September 9.
“As part of the criminal proceedings being investigated by the anti-corruption committee on cases of illegal use of subsoil, giving and receiving bribes for this purpose, arrest was applied to the detained head of the community (city) of Meghri as a preventive measure,” the agency’s interlocutor said.
According to her, as part of the same proceedings, detention and house arrest were chosen as preventive measures for six more detainees.

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