KazTransGas employees were sentenced to pre-trial detention

15:52, 20.01.2019

The former employees of KazTransGas Tbilisi Tornike Tatishvili and Vazel Mamadian, who were arrested in connection with the explosion that occurred in the Didi Dighomi district, were sentenced to pre-trial detention.

The prosecution demanded the use of the measure of pre-trial detention against the defendants, while the defense demanded the release of the detainees on bail.

The 2 detained employees of KazTransGas Company were indicted on a charge of negligence on January 19.

The powerful explosion in a block of apartments in Didi Dighomi district of Tbilisi on January 16 killed 4 and injured 8 people. The explosion was presumably caused by natural gas leak.

Employees of KazTransGas checked the building earlier that day after neighbors felt the gas smell, and reported that everything was in order. The blast rocked the building several hours later after the inspection.

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Didi Dighomi explosion

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