Armenia`s  former Deputy Chief of General Staff to be released on 10  million dram bail

ArmInfo. Lieutenant General Tiran Khachatryan, the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of  the Armenian Armed Forces and  National Hero of the country, will be released from custody on bail of 10 million drams. This decision was made by Judge Artur Voskanyan during a court hearing in Goris on February 18.

During the hearing, the defense emphasized that there were no grounds  to extend Khachatryan's detention.  Lawyer Armen Andrikyan drew  attention to the fact that a preventive measure was being discussed  for a general who was already in custody. In this regard, he  explained that stricter measures  could only be applied if there were  relevant circumstances or violations of the conditions.  The judge  granted the defense's request to change the preventive measure,  replacing the arrest with a written undertaking not to leave the area  and release on bail of 10 million drams.