Lieutenant Colonel Gor Aghekyan involved in barracks fire case  released from court 

ArmInfo. The head of the military unit's logistics - deputy brigade commander for logistics and public  utilities, Lieutenant Colonel Gor Agekyan, who is involved in the criminal case on the fire and death of servicemen in a temporary barracks in the village of Azat on January 19, 2023, has been released from the courtroom. Lawyer Gurgen Nersisyan wrote about this on his Facebook account. 

Fifteen servicemen died in the fire, and three more were taken to the  Burn Center with burns. According to the Investigative Committee of  Armenia, the cause of the emergency was the use of gasoline to start  a fire in the stove. In connection with the fire, two criminal cases  were opened: under Part 4 of Article 532 of the Criminal Code  (violation of the rules for handling weapons, ammunition, military  equipment or other military property, which resulted in the death of  two or more persons through negligence) and under Part 3 of Article  550 of the Criminal Code (for signs of negligence resulting in the  death of a person). After the tragedy, five high-ranking military  personnel were dismissed from their positions - almost the entire  command of the 2nd Army Corps. Deputy commander of the military unit  for logistics Gor Agekyan (accused of dishonest and negligent  attitude to the performance of his official duties) and Captain  Yeghishe Hakobyan were arrested.

<On August 23, the court (chaired by Vardan Harutyunyan, judge of the  Criminal Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction of the  Gegharkunik Region of the Republic of Armenia) decided to replace Gor  Agekyan's preventive measure with alternative preventive measures and  released him from custody right from the courtroom.

The defense in this case has sufficient evidence and is convinced  that as a result of the trial, Gor Agekyan's innocence will be  finally established>, Nersisyan noted.