Veselin Milić denied failing to report a murder and falsifying an official document on 9 November, after prosecutors dropped allegations that he helped remove evidence of the killing.
Veselin Milić, Serbia’s assistant police director and former Belgrade police chief, denied charges of failing to report a crime and falsifying an official document at the First Basic Court in Belgrade on 9 November. KRIK reported the hearing, as recounted by OCCRP. Milić was removed as Belgrade police chief after his arrest.
The charges concern the murder of Aleksandar Nešović at restaurant 27 in Belgrade’s Senjak neighborhood on 12 May 2026. His body was found in a barrel buried near Inđija on 21 May. On 9 June, the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade dropped allegations that Milić helped remove traces of the killing, saying there was insufficient evidence.
Prosecutors allege that restaurant owner Nenad Lukić told Milić about the murder by telephone during the night of 12–13 May, but that Milić did not report it. They also allege that Milić falsified his police notes by deliberately omitting that he knew suspected shooter Saša Vuković, a former police officer, and had invited both Vuković and Nešović to the restaurant.
Earlier allegations included that Milić stayed at the restaurant after the shooting to delete surveillance footage and coordinate the removal of the body. Prosecutors said the police account did not match the evidence they gathered. They said surveillance recordings, phone-location data, examinations of security officers’ phones, witness statements and other evidence established that Milić could not have been at the restaurant when the killing occurred.
Milić was arrested on 15 May. The Higher Court in Belgrade lifted his detention on 6 July, finding that grounds to keep him in custody no longer existed. The higher prosecutor’s office filed the remaining charges on 10 July; the Higher Court later said it lacked jurisdiction and transferred the case to the First Basic Court, with the First Basic Public Prosecutor’s Office taking over.
Milić’s attorney, Nemanja Vasiljević, argued that no lawful evidence supports the remaining charges and sought dismissal over alleged abuses by Marko Kričak and other interior ministry officials. Vasiljević said the Criminal Police Directorate filed the original complaint against Milić under Kričak’s leadership. He said Kričak was later arrested after Milić alleged that Kričak had illegally gathered evidence against him.
Vuković and other defendants face a separate murder trial before the Higher Court in Belgrade. In Milić’s case, the judge scheduled the next hearing for 17 December, when he is expected to present his full defense.
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