A family of the referee of the National Championship, who was found gibbetted in a wood links the incident with the fixed matches. The investigation began under the Article 115 of the Criminal Code, However, the family categorically rules out the suicide version.

According to the relatives of the deceased, Ilo Tugushi was visited by some individuals who were demanding money on a day before his suicide. The family members name specific individuals and say that the reason for the tense meeting was the match-fixing.

Ilo Tugushi has recently judged a game of " Guria" and club of Telavi. The family says that exactly this game was a reason of confrontation.

According to the deceased referee"s wife, his husband had to return 5000 GEL. Ilo Tugushi"s mother is convinced that her son was murdered for money.