April 13, 2012 - 11:03 AMT
Armenian police chief denies political motives behind Gyumri homicide

Murder of Gyumri mayor Vardan Ghukasyan’s daughter's fiancé has nothing to do with politics, Armenian police chief Vladimir Gasparyan said.

At a round table organized ahead of the parliamentary elections, Gasparyan told journalists this homicide case has no political implication.

“There are no crimes that cannot be disclosed,” police chief declared, adding that this case will be unveiled very soon.

Karen Yesayan, 27, fiancé of Armenian Gyumri city mayor Vardan Ghukasyan’s daughter, was killed on April 12 night. Engagement of the couple was due on April 13.

The incident happened in Sev Berd part of Mother Armenia memorial complex in Gyumri. Yesayan’s corpse was found in a Mercedes-Benz with gunshot wounds.

On April 12, rumors circulated in Gyumri and also on the internet that Ani region former police chief’s son, allegedly seen fleeing the crime scene, is suspect in this case of homicide. The reports, however, are not confirmed officially.

Meanwhile, Rafik Muradyan, born in 1989, hit Vahram Beybutyan, senior investigator of Armenia’s Shirak province investigation department, with his VAZ-21013 car at Garegin Nzhdeh 7 in Gyumri at 00:50 on April 12.

Beybutyan, born in 1954, who was member of the investigation group examining the murder of Karen Yesayan, died on the way to hospital; Muradyan is detained.