Police have busted another suspect in the case against the former commander of the battalion " Aidar ", Verkhovna Rada Deputy Serhiy Melnychuk said in the Prosecutor General's office of Ukraine.

"On October 7, 2015, investigators of the General Prosecutor's office in cooperation with the Ministry of interior of Ukraine quickly underwent surgery and due to rulings of the investigating judge detained one of the suspects wanted in this case ", - RIA "news" the message of the Ministry. Now the detainee is delivered in court for consideration the petition for election to it measures of restraint in form of detention. The name of the suspect and his identity is not reported. Remember, Melnychuk, a former commander of the volunteer battalion " Aydar ", formed to participate in special operations in the Donbass, not so long ago was expelled from the faction of the Radical party, for example, organizing demonstrations of dissent fighters near the building of the Ministry of defense of Ukraine. On June 3 the Verkhovna Rada gave its consent to the involvement of Sergey Melnichuk to responsibility under the criminal code. The Prosecutor General's office accuses the Deputy of committing crimes outside of the zone of special operations in the East of Ukraine. For example, he is suspected of the use of the battalion "Aydar" to enable hostile takeovers. Later Pechersky regional court of Kiev passed the decision on election of a measure of restraint in the form Melnychuk limits of movement outside of Kiev and sent him a Deposit in the amount of 300 thousand UAH (about 917 thousand). If the involvement Melnychuk to the establishment of an illegal organization will be proven, he faces imprisonment in jail for the rest of your life. The case involves five persons, suspected of assault, kidnapping, use of violence.

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