TBILISI, May 23 – An employee of Georgia’s anti-corruption agency was found dead in his own car in the central Georgian town of Khashuri on Saturday, prosecutors said.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, the man was found on Tabidze Street with a gunshot wound from his own firearm.
The officer worked for the Anti-Corruption Agency of Georgia’s State Security Service.
The Shida Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti District Prosecutor’s Office has opened a criminal investigation.
The Prosecutor’s Office said urgent investigative actions are under way.
No further details were immediately released about the officer’s identity, the exact circumstances of the death or whether investigators are considering any specific version of events.
Georgia’s State Security Service later issued a statement expressing “deep sorrow” over the death of what it called a “distinguished, worthy and professional employee” of the Anti-Corruption Agency.
“His death is a great tragedy and loss for us and for our service,” the agency said, extending condolences to the officer’s family and relatives.
The Anti-Corruption Agency operates under the State Security Service, Georgia’s domestic intelligence service.
