Three former employees of the Special Tasks Department, one of whom is a current employee of the Security Police, who were arrested for the physical violence against journalist Guram Rogava and protester Zviad Maisashvili, have been sent to pre-trial detention.

The decision was made by Judge Valerian Bugianishvili.

All three are charged with violent abuse of office, and one is additionally charged with unlawfully obstructing a journalist in his professional activities through violence.

For information, the Prosecutor's Office, within the framework of the 2024 protests, arrested five individuals, including three former and one active special forces officers, as well as one active employee of the Security Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in connection with the violence committed against protester Zviad Maisashvili, politician Levan Khabeishvili, and journalist Guram Rogava.

Two riot police officers are already in custody as part of investigations ongoing into various criminal cases.

All five detainees were charged under Article 333, Part 3, Subparagraph b of the Criminal Code of Georgia, which refers to abuse of official authority through violence, while the person detained in the Rogava episode was additionally charged under Article 154, Part 2, which refers to unlawfully obstructing a journalist in his professional activities through violence. The charges brought against him provide for a sentence of 5 to 8 years in prison.