Veselin Milic apartment searched on Higher Court order
Criminal police searched the apartment and official premises of the former Belgrade police chief, in the Higher Public Prosecutor's investigation into the Senjak case.
- On a Higher Court order, the apartment and official premises of Veselin Milic were searched.
- The search was carried out by the Criminal Police Directorate, with deputy prosecutors present.
- Milic is one of eleven suspects in the investigation into an aggravated murder at a Senjak restaurant.
- The prosecution did not state what, if anything, was found or seized during the search.
On the order of the Higher Court in Belgrade, members of the Criminal Police Directorate searched the apartment and official premises of the former head of the Belgrade Police Administration, Veselin Milic. Deputy prosecutors of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade were present at the search, the prosecution said.
Milic is one of the suspects in the investigation being conducted against eleven people over the criminal offence of aggravated murder at a Senjak restaurant on May 12. He is charged with failing to report a criminal offence and its perpetrator, and with assisting a perpetrator after the commission of the offence.
What the prosecution stated
The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office said the search was carried out on a court order and in the presence of prosecutors, the standard procedural guarantee that evidence is lawfully obtained. The statement does not say whether anything was seized, nor does it give details of the items covered by the search.
A search of an apartment and other premises is conducted on the basis of a court order, and exceptionally without one under conditions set out in the Criminal Procedure Code. A record is made of the search, and any seized items are listed and kept as evidence.
Veselin Milic is already in detention for up to thirty days, ordered earlier in the same case. He is presumed innocent until any guilt is established by a final court ruling.
Where the Senjak investigation stands
The investigation concerns the aggravated murder of a person with the initials A. N., committed at a restaurant in Senjak. The prosecution had previously widened the inquiry to eleven suspects, who are accused of various roles ranging from the act itself to concealment and assisting the perpetrators.
On the prosecution’s orders, the gathering of evidence, the questioning of witnesses and forensic analysis continue. After the seized items are processed and the criminal police report is filed, the prosecution will decide on further procedural steps.
Will the results of the search change the roles assigned to the suspects in the Senjak case so far?
