Due to police pressure, I left country and requested political asylum  - Narine Hayrapetyan

ArmInfo. A member of the "Mother Armenia" faction in the Council of Elders of Yerevan, Narine  Hayrapetyan (Nare Sose), made a video message and spoke about the reasons for her departure from the country.

So, according to her, after the famous kidnapping, she was forced to  leave the country due to police pressure. As Hayrapetyan reported, at  the police station, high-ranking police officers forced her to the  crime report, moreover, they confiscated her phone, although there  was no reason for this.

"It's difficult for me to say what the connection is between the man  who kidnapped me and these officers, but it is obvious that there is  one. I realized that they would not leave me alone, and if I did not  obey their will, I would be subjected to torture that I could not  bear, because I have serious health problems.  Therefore, in order to  somehow delay time and gain time to escape, I wrote a report under  their dictation.  After that, I left the country and asked for  political asylum," said Hayrapetyan, but never informing in which  country she is now and from whom she asked for political asylum. She  also assured that she would continue her political activities no  matter what, because the Motherland really needs her.

On January 23, it became known that on January 15, around 09:30,  Yerevan resident Narine Hayrapetyan was forced to get into a car by  unknown persons inTotovents street, after which she was blindfolded.  Then the attackers transported her to an unfamiliar place, where a  certain man aged 60-65 met her, who pointed out that Hayrapetyan's  statements and political activities were inadmissible. After that,  the same persons took her back, where they dropped her off on Abovyan  Street.

According to the press secretary of the Investigative Committee of  the Republic of Armenia Gor Abrahamyan, a criminal case has been  opened on this fact. "A report was received regarding the kidnapping,  and therefore, on January 17, the Investigative Committee opened a  criminal case under Article 191, part 2, paragraph 5 of the Criminal  Code. An investigation is currently underway to verify the data.  The  police have been instructed to conduct an investigation and transfer  important information to the investigative body conducting the  proceedings," noted Gor Abrahamyan.