Criminal case brought against Interior Minister Lutsenko

The Kyiv city prosecutor’s office has bought a criminal case against Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko for deliberate inflicting bodily injures on Kyiv Mayor Leonid Chernovetskiy.

According to the prosecutor’s office press-service, the respective order was issued Thursday by the deputy Kyiv prosecutor.

According to the information of the press-service, the case was brought on part 2, article 125 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (on the fact of deliberate light bodily injury). The punishments, stipulated on this article, are from 150 to 240 hours of public works, or an arrest for a period of up to 6 months.

The President of Ukraine was informed about bringing the criminal case.