Four Georgian residents have been charged with beating a police officer.

Security forces detained four people in Chiatura accused of beating a police patrol inspector.

Police officers detained four people (born in 1994, 1999, 2000, and 2008) and charged them with assaulting a police officer, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported.

According to the agency, the men had a conflict with an inspector from the Patrol Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs "in connection with their official activities," after which they attacked and beat him.

As a result of the attack, the patrol inspector was injured, and the accused fled. "Police detained all four defendants shortly after the crime was committed," Interpressnews quotes the agency as saying.

All four were detained in Chiatura and face up to eight years in prison, according to Georgian News.

"Caucasian Knot" also reported that in August 2025, Anatoly Gigauri, detained at a protest, was sentenced to two years in prison. According to the court, he attacked a patrol inspector.

His lawyer claimed that Gigauri acted in self-defense when he swung at the police officer. He said that video footage in the case shows the patrol inspector, recognized as the victim, punching Gigauri in the face.

Earlier, Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the publications "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti," was sentenced to two years in prison for slapping Batumi Police Chief Irakli Dgebuadze. Details of the case are provided in the "Caucasian Knot" report "The Mzia Amaglobeli Case: Circumstances of the Arrest and the Campaign in Defense of the Journalist."