Bachiashvili's case mirrors that of another fallen Georgian Dream ally, businessman Giorgi Chikvaidze, who was sentenced to nine years in prison on embezzlement charges in recent weeks after publicly turning against the ruling party and claiming to possess evidence of government ties to Russian intelligence.
He allegedly left his phone at home to create an alibi and avoided CCTV by not buying a train ticket. Meher had even attended both the victim's wedding and funeral.Farooq Ahmed still bristles with anger when he talks about his brother's death.
Mohammad Iqbal, a resident of Poonch city in Indian-administered Kashmir, died in cross-border shelling on 7 May, the morning after Indiain Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir in retaliation to a militant attack in the town of Pahalgam that killed 26 people. Pakistan has denied having any role in the attack.Mr Ahmed says that Iqbal died where he had worked for more than two decades - Zia-ul-Uloom, a madrassa, or a religious centre focused on Islamic teachings, in Poonch.
But his death, it turned out, was just the beginning of the family's troubles.As the news spread, several media channels falsely accused Iqbal of being a terrorist, following which the police put out a statement refuting the claim.
"My brother was a teacher but they saw his beard and skullcap and branded him a terrorist," Mr Ahmed says.
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