Family members and friends rule out suicide as cause of death of Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi

Family members and friends rule out suicide as the cause of death of Ilia Eloshvili, Deputy Mayor of Tbilisi.

Speaking to InterPressNews, Ilia Eloshvili's childhood friend, Lasha Kevanishvili, said that the weapon belonged to Ilia Eloshvili and he owned it legally.

"Ilia bought the weapon a few years ago and owned it legally. On the fateful night he had contact not only with family members but also with friends. He was completely adequate and cheerful. As far as I know, he was suffering from insomnia and apparently he took the weapon clean it. It was an accident, I knew him very well, he believed in God. Suicide was very far from him," Lasha Kevanishvili said.

According to another relative of the family, Giorgi Tsiklauri, Ilia was at work the day before, held a number of meetings and had a full schedule for the next day.

"He and his wife were discussing family vacation plans. Taking care of the weapon was Ilia's favorite activity, which probably became the cause of the accident," said Giorgi Tsiklauri.

Another friend of Ilia Eloshvili, Malkhaz Datukishvili, says that Ilia and his friends were building a church in Kazbegi, the project of which had already been ready.

"Suicide is ruled out, it is absolutely unbelievable. In the coming days we were going to go to Kazbegi, as we were building a church there. The project was ready and we were starting construction. We will build this church in Ilia's name," said Malkhaz Datukishvili.