TBILISI. May 6 (Interfax) - The Georgian Interior Ministry released on Wednesday a video footage of the interrogation of the detained officers from the armored tank battalion, which rebelled at the Mukhrovani military base the day earlier.

All the detained officers and civilians who served in the battalion a few years ago, said that the base commander, Mamuka Gorgiashvili, said during the morning lineup on May 5 that the battalion personnel was no longer under the government's control and was to prepare for a march in Tbilisi.

It was clear from interrogations that the actual leader of the rebel battalion was Koba Otanadze, who was the base commander a few years ago, along with several civilians.

The Georgian Interior Ministry said the day earlier that Col. Otanadze and several civilians managed to escape when a one-hour ultimatum was announced for the mutineers.

The Interior Ministry announced a bounty of 50,000 lari ($30,000) for information about the whereabouts of the fugitive ex-officers Otanadze, Krialashvili and Amiridze.