According to the newspaper Zhoghovurd, a student at the Mkhitar Heratsi Medical University claimed she was raped by Pro-Rector Samvel Avetisyan.

The incident is alleged to have taken place on April 26. The paper reports that a female student with ripped clothes exited Avetisyan’s office and began shouting that the official had raped her.

The newspaper says it contacted Rector Derenik Dumanyan who laughed when he heard the story.

“Where the heck do you get your information? How can such a thing happen? Our pro-rector is a very well balanced and civil person,” Dumanyan allegedly told the newspaper.

The paper also got in touch with Pro-Rector Avetisyan who said that there was a female in the halls shouting that she had been raped but that the person had graduated in 1993 and that she was a known schizophrenic.