01 October 2007, 11:34
Another Okruashvili's supporter arrested in Georgia
The authorities of Georgia have arrested Amiran Giguashvili, leader of the oppositional movement "For United Georgia" and a friend and supporter of ex-Minister of Defence Irakliy Okruashvili.
Besides, the State Office of Public Prosecutor of Georgia has announced a search of two former colleagues of Irakliy Okruashvili - Chikhladze and Mumladze. According to Georgian law enforcement bodies, many other Okruashvili's friends and colleagues have also been announced into search. Among them, there is a Turkish businessman Kibar Khalvashi and 8 other persons. The "New Region" web portal has reported about it.
The "Caucasian Knot" reports that according to lawyer Eka Beseliya, one of the leaders of the movement "For United Georgia," the financial police of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia are planning to arrest Colonel Leval Nikoleishvili, former Deputy Minister of Defence. He is a supporter of Irakliy Okruashvili, the leader of the oppositional political movement "For United Georgia."
The "Caucasian Knot" has already informed that arrests of supporters of Irakliy Okruashvili, ex-Minister of Defence of Georgia, continue in the Republic. In the evening on September 29, in the city of Poti (Western Georgia), Malkhaz Bukiya, 32, founder of the local organization of the Party "Movement for United Georgia," was detained.
The reason of his detention was a telephone call made by Mr Bukiya several days ago to the mobile phone of Mr Okruashvili. The members of Bukiya's family assert that his detention is connected with politics, the "Gazeta.Ru" reports from Tbilisi.
