State Security Service reactivates hotline relating to illegal kidnapping of Zaza Gakheladze

The State Security Service says it is still actively using the hotline relating to the illegal kidnapping of Zaza Gakheladze.

"The State Security Service emphasizes once again that the hotline mechanism is a reliable source of information about the ongoing illegal processes along the occupation line. In connection with the case of Zaza Gakheladze, the hotline was activated again on July 18,” the Service told InterPressNews.

33-year-old Zaza Gakheladze was detained by the occupation forces near the dividing line on July 11. According to the reports, representatives of the occupation forces opened fire at Gakheladze and his friend, as a result of which, Zaza Gakheladze was wounded, after which, the border guards arrested and took him first to Akhalgori and then to Tskhinvali.