Now Gardabani district, facility no. 6, previously Vedzisi Street, - this is how Aleko Elisashvili, a politician detained on charges of attempting to commit a terrorist act, answered Judge Valerian Bugianishvili when asked to provide his residential address.

In addition, the judge, while explaining his rights, asked him if he had been tortured or inhumanely treated during his arrest.

"Yes, I have been, I had been handcuffed behind my back for 4 hours, they even saw what condition my hands were in prison. Blood was flowing from my handcuffs. There were many more cases, but where is the justice?," Elisashvili said.

The judge asked him if there were other facts related to this case, to which Elisashvili gave a negative answer. "They beat me in a group, but whatever structure was investigating, they completely closed it down," Elisashvili said.

As for the incident that occurred during the arrest, according to Prosecutor Mariam Berdzenishvili, "the investigation department of the Tbilisi Prosecutor's Office is investigating the case and appropriate measures will be taken."

For information, Aleko Elisashvili was charged under Part 1 of Article 19-323 of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which refers to an attempt to commit a terrorist act. The aforementioned act is punishable by imprisonment for a term of 10 to 15 years. According to the investigation, on November 29, at approximately 04:00, masked Aleko Elisashvili, armed with a firearm, ammunition and items necessary for carrying out a terrorist act, approached the Tbilisi City Court building, used a hammer to break the glass of the outer facade of the court chancellery building and entered the court's interior. According to the prosecutor's office, he poured a large amount of flammable substance on the items and documentation placed on the site and tried to start a fire. According to the investigation, the politician attacked and beat one of the bailiffs. In addition, Aleko Elisashvili is accused in another case - political persecution of one of the founders of the Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia party, Ali Babaev. He has been released on bail of 5,000 GEL at the request of the prosecutor's office. In this case, Elisashvili has been charged under Article 156, Part 2, Subparagraph "a" of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which means persecution of a person in connection with political activity, committed by violence. The specified act provides for imprisonment for up to three years as a form and measure of punishment.