Badri Bitsadze

Badri Bitsadze (born 27 April 1958) is the former Chief of the Border Police of Georgia. He holds the rank of Lieutenant General, He is married to the former Chairwoman of the Parliament of Georgia and twofold former interim President of Georgia, Nino Burjanadze.

Bitsadze attended Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Law, and received a Ph.D. from USSR Scientific Institute for Prosecutors. He's a recipient of the III Degree Vakhtang Gorgasali Order award.

Later that year, Bitsadze became involved with his wife's newly founded party Democratic Movement–United Georgia. In March 2009, several party activists, including a driver of Badri Bitsadze, were arrested by the Georgian police on arms charges. Burjanadze said after the Interior Ministry's statement that she was ready to cooperate with the investigation, but claimed that evidence put forth by the investigation was not enough and needed further scrutiny.

Arrest

In early June 2011, Deputy Prosecutor General David Sakvarelidze said he had requested the Tbilisi City Court issue an arrest warrant for Badri Bitsadze, who was accused of organizing attacks on policemen during anti-governmental protests in May 2011 in an alleged "Egyptian scenario" to overthrow the government and did not pay 100,000 Lari for bail. In July and August 2011, Bitsadze was tried and sentenced to five years and six months in jail in absentia. The investigation of this issue, had been very controversial, due to a shortage of strong evidence.