Investigator killed while probing murder case linked to Gyumri mayor

Lieutenant-Colonel Vagram Beybutyan, Senior Investigator of the Main Investigative Directorate of the Shirak District Police, was run over by a car on the night of Thursday-Friday, News Armenia reports.

23-year old Rafik Muradyan ran the investigator over on the Street of Garegin Nzhde in Gyumri at about 0.50 am on April 13. He left the scene. The 58-year old investigator died at the spot.

Muradyan was arrested on the Street of Kochtoyan.

Beyburtyan was investigating the murder of 27-year old Karen Yesayan, the fiancé of the daughter of the Gyumri mayor, who was killed on the engagement day.