Head of the Joint Staff, Commander of the 4th brigade of the armed forces and former Interior Minister of Georgia arrested

Head of the Joint Staff, Commander of the 4th brigade of the armed forces and former Interior Minister of Georgia arrested
# 07 November 2012 09:31 (UTC +04:00)
Baku – APA. Giorgi Kalandadze, the head of the Joint Staff, Zurab Shamatava , the head of the 4th brigade of the armed forces and Bacho Akhalaia, former Interior Minister of Georgia were arrested. APA reports quoting “Interpressnew.ge” that According to the Justice Ministry, Kalandadze is charged with abuse of power.
The head of the Joint Staff was detained in front of the Chief Prosecutor in the Defence Ministry building at 05:20 am on 7 November. Unofficial reports say Kalandadze and Shamatava were detained on the basis of former Interior Minister Bahco AKhalaia’s testimony.

Former Interior Minister Bacho Akhalaia was arrested after interrogation in the Prosecutor’s Office late last night. According to lawyer Davit Dekanoidze, Bacho Akhalaia was detained for abuse of power. The lawyer says Akhalaia was interrogated about the period when he was a defense minister. Questions concerned abuse and ungrounded dismissal of employees, which are absolutely baseless allegations, the lawyer said. According to him, Akhalaia will be indicted within 48 hours. The former minister faces 5-8 years of imprisonment.
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