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Arsen Gevorgyan, who headed the Strong Armenia party’s electoral list in the October 25 Stepanavan City Council elections, died at the Nubarashen Penitentiary on the morning of November 10.
Nona Navikyan, head of the Public Relations Department of the Penitentiary Service, provided few details to Armenpress.
“At around 07:55 on November 10, an ambulance was called for the inmate born in 1980, who was being held at the Nubarashen Penitentiary of the Ministry of Justice of Armenia, due to a deterioration in his health. At around 08:30, the ambulance crew recorded the inmate’s biological death,” Navikyan said.
Gevorgyan was arrested on October 21, four days before the Stepanavan City Council elections. On the same day, the Anti-Corruption Court ordered his pretrial detention for two months. A total of 14 people were arrested in connection with the proceedings.
According to the charges brought by the Anti-Corruption Committee, Gevorgyan had given bribes to several dozen voters on the condition that they vote for Strong Armenia. Gevorgyan denied the charges.