YEREVAN, APRIL 20, ARMENPRESS. The preliminary investigation into the case of hooliganism and physical violence against the Chairman of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly of Armenia has been completed.

As ARMENPRESS was informed from the Investigative Committee, on March 31 MP Mher Sahakyan hit Vladimir Vardanyan, Chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs.

At the April 12 sitting, the National Assembly gave a consent to initiate a public criminal prosecution against MP from the “Armenia” faction Mher Sahakyan.

Criminal charges are pressed against Mher Sahakyan. Ban on absence has been chosen as preventive measure.