In addition to the alleged cases of ill-treatment described above, there are significant ongoing cases of ill-treatment of detainees by the Ministry of Interior staff in the Criminal Justice Department of the Public Defender's Office in 2020, where applicants were verbally and physically assaulted by police. For instance:  In one case, officers of the Poti City Division detained a person on an administrative basis, during which, according to the detainee, they physically and verbally abused him. The abuse continued during transportation and at the police station as well. The detainee was taken to a temporary detention facility, where the State Inspector's Office was notified of the alleged violence after an examination revealed bodily injuries and an investigation was launched. According to the applicant, after the start of the investigation, the applicant was contacted by a person unknown to him, who demanded a complaint against the police to be withdrawn in exchange for 10,000 GEL. And later, while walking, the vehicle crossed the road, the person sitting on the backseat verbally abused him and demanded that he withdrew a complaint, otherwise he threatened with physical liquidation. A few days later, the applicant was physically assaulted by two unknown individuals near his home, during which he was also told that "this was a warning". The applicant needed medical assistance as a result of the attack. According to the information provided by the State Inspector's Office, an investigation is ongoing into a criminal case on the fact of abuse of power by the employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.282  According to one of the applicants, he was driving with his friends on the Tkibuli-Kutaisi road, when the police stopped him, dragged him out of the car by force, and verbally and physically assaulted him. After the physical violence, the detainees were taken to the Tkibuli Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, where they continued to threaten, physically and verbally abuse in the room of the head of the department in order to confess to a crime. Detainees were not allowed to call family members and a lawyer. According to the information provided by the State Inspector's Office, an investigation is underway.  In one case, a juvenile contacted the Public Defender's Office and stated that in the evening he did not obey the request of the patrol police and continued driving from Tbilisi to Kakheti. Patrol police caught up with him near the village of Chailuri in Sagarejo Municipality and blocked the road. According to the applicant, the patrol police officers arrested him and took him to the patrol police building in the village of Chalaubani, Gurjaani Municipality. The applicant explained that during and after his arrest he was physically and verbally abused, in particular by being hit in the head, lying on the ground and beaten with the legs, handcuffed in such a way that his hands were stiff. The applicant later referred to a medical facility where he was diagnosed with a concussion. According to the information provided by the State Inspector's Office, an investigation is underway. During monitoring in temporary detention facilities, members of the Special Preventive Group inspect the personal files of all detainees taken in prior to the visit, taking into account the circumstances of detention, 282 Letter SIS 2 20 0001107 of the State Inspector of Georgia of 2 July 2020. 92