A criminal case has been initiated in Vitebsk on the grounds of driving a serviceman to suicide

August 31, Vitebsk / Olga Bogacheva - BELTA /. A criminal case has been initiated on the fact of driving a conscripted serviceman to suicide in Vitebsk, the official representative of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus for the Vitebsk region, Inna Gorbacheva, told a BELTA correspondent. On August 27, the Investigative Committee Department for the Vitebsk Region initiated a criminal case on the grounds of a crime provided for by Part 1 of Article 145 of the Criminal Code of Belarus ("Driving a person to suicide or attempted suicide through cruel treatment of the victim or systematic humiliation of their personal dignity"), on the fact of driving a conscripted serviceman born in 1990 from one of the military units in Vitebsk to suicide. An investigative team arrived at the scene. A forensic medical examination has been appointed, and witness testimonies have been obtained. The investigation is ongoing. -0-