Prosecutors suspect the officers of abusing their powers and seriously violating former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic’s rights during a murder investigation.
Marko Kricak, head of Serbia’s Criminal Police Directorate, and Bosko Sekulovic, head of the Crime Suppression Service, were arrested in Belgrade on the morning of 1 November 2026. The Special Department for the Suppression of Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade ordered the arrests.
Prosecutors suspect the officers of abusing their positions, exceeding their authority and failing to perform their duties between 12 May and 3 June 2026. They allege the officers harmed and seriously violated the rights of former Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic while investigating the killing of Aleksandar Nesovic on 12 May 2026, at the restaurant “27” in Belgrade’s Senjak neighborhood.
Milic was arrested days after the killing on suspicion of failing to report the crime and helping the perpetrator. While in custody, he began legal action accusing Kricak and Sekulovic of giving prosecutors incomplete and false evidence, Al Jazeera said.
The prosecutor’s office alleges Sekulovic prepared a criminal complaint on 15 May 2026, accusing Milic of helping an offender after the crime and failing to report the crime and perpetrator, despite knowing Milic had left the restaurant before the killing. Prosecutors allege Kricak verbally approved submitting the complaint while familiar with its contents.
Prosecutors say records of witness accounts showed Milic had left before Nesovic returned to the restaurant, contradicting the complaint’s account. They also allege Sekulovic omitted the contents of security-camera recordings showing Milic’s departure.
The office also alleges Sekulovic delayed handing the recordings and Milic’s phones to military police investigators until 22 May, despite a May 17 order, and delivered the devices improperly packaged in 2 paper bags.
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The criminal complaint against Kricak alleges abuse of office and abuse and torture; Sekulovic is suspected of abuse of office. Prosecutors allege Kricak and unidentified officers abused and tortured the restaurant’s owner, identified as N.L., at Criminal Police Directorate premises on 16 May 2026.
BBC Serbian said Milic is accused in separate proceedings of failing to report the crime and falsifying an official note. He was released from detention after more than 52 days and returned to work.
Belgrade chief prosecutor Nenad Stefanovic said the proceedings had no connection to electoral processes or the parliamentary election results. He said preliminary investigative work began in May after alleged obstruction of prosecutors, and a criminal complaint from Milic’s lawyers was added to the case in late July.
Both officers have been placed in temporary detention for up to 48 hours. They are to be brought before the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade for questioning within that period.
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