Police officer arrested for physically assaulting woman
The arrested law enforcement employee has been charged with “beating or another type of violence resulting in physical pain in the victim.” Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Tweet 
Share
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia has arrested a police officer with a charge of physically assaulting a woman in Georgia’s western town of Zugdidi on January 26.
Identified only as G.B., the officer had “repeatedly punched his friend in the face during a personal dispute”, a statement from the office said.
The arrested law enforcement employee has been charged with “beating or another type of violence resulting in physical pain in the victim.”
The crime is punishable up to two years in prison.
The interior ministry has arrested two police officers involved in a physical assault on a disabled 17-year-old in Tbilisi Metro on Sunday, charging them for the violent attack seen by TV viewers and leading to outcry on social media.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia has launched an investigation after video footage allegedly showing physical assault on a disabled person on Tbilisi Metro was broadcast on television on Monday.
A female investigator Mariana Choloiani has been detained for placing psychological pressure leading to a suicide attempt of Luka Siradze, 15, who died at M. Iashvili Children’s Central Hospital earlier today.
Yet another police officer has been accused of power abuse against a protester during the June 20 - 21 protest held near the parliament of Georgia. The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia reports that the police officer has been accused of physical violence towards a person that had already been arrested.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has responded to the recent cases of police misconduct in the country, saying that the offenders should be "strictly punished," but the "devoted service" of the police should not be undermined by individual cases.
Georgian law enforcers have arrested a 35-year-old man in the Black Sea coastline city of Batumi for premeditated murders of two people in eastern Georgia’s Kakheti province earlier this month.
Police arrested two individuals for assaulting a police officer and failure to report the crime earlier today on Shuamta Street in the Varketili district of the capital of Tbilisi, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Police officer Nukri Bakradze, who was charged with assaulting a disabled minor in Tbilisi Metro in January, has been sentenced to five years in prison, news agency Interpressnews reported on Friday.