Kricak and Sekulovic Questioned in Senjak Murder Case
Two arrested police chiefs are due to be questioned today at the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office, while Marko Zafirovic and Nevenko Maric were called in for informative interviews.
Marko Kricak, head of the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP), and Bosko Sekulovic, head of the Service for Combating Crime (SSK), are due to be brought in for questioning today, November 2, 2026, at the Special Department for Combating Corruption of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office (VJT) in Belgrade. They were arrested early on Sunday morning, and the prosecutor’s office has since said what exactly they are suspected of. Sources do not say what time the questioning is scheduled for, and only Hronika magazine, citing police sources, reports that it has already taken place. Other media had not confirmed this by the time of publication. Both men are suspects, and guilt has not been established.
Yesterday we reported on the arrest based on unofficial media claims, because there was no statement yet. Now there is one, along with new summonses: on Sunday evening, the head of the Service for Combating Organized Crime, Marko Zafirovic, and UKP deputy head Nevenko Maric were called in for an informative interview in the same case.
What does the prosecutor’s office accuse Kricak and Sekulovic of?
The arrest was carried out by the Interior Ministry’s Anti-Corruption Service on an order from the VJT Special Department for Combating Corruption, and detention was ordered for up to 48 hours. They are suspected of exceeding and abusing their official positions as public officials between May 12 and June 3, 2026, during the investigation into the murder of Aleksandar Nesovic, committed on May 12 at the “27” restaurant in Senjak. The injured party is former Belgrade Police Department chief Veselin Milic.
The criminal complaint accuses Kricak of abuse of office (Article 359 of the Criminal Code) and of ill-treatment and torture (Article 137), while Sekulovic is accused only of abuse of office.
According to the statement, on May 15 Sekulovic drew up a criminal complaint against Sasa Vukovic for aggravated murder, and also named other people in it, Milic among them, for aiding the perpetrator and failing to report a crime. The prosecutor’s office suspects he already knew then that Milic had left the restaurant before the murder, accompanied by his security detail. That, it says, was known to him from official notes on citizen interviews (media describe them in their reports as statements of questioned witnesses). The complaint also left out the contents of security camera footage seized on May 14, which shows that Milic left the restaurant. Kricak, according to the same statement, verbally approved the filing of such a complaint.
As a result, Milic spent almost two months in detention.
Phones in two paper bags
The second part of the suspicion concerns evidence. On May 17, the acting public prosecutor ordered that Milic’s mobile phones, hard drives and discs with recordings be delivered to the Criminal Investigation Group of the Military Police for search and forensic examination. According to the statement, the order was not carried out even after repeated reminders, until May 21, when the prosecutor summoned Sekulovic over the phones that had not arrived. He was told their contents were being processed for a supplement.
The devices were handed to the Military Police only on May 22, five days after the order, and improperly packed in two paper bags.
What is Kricak accused of regarding the restaurant owner?
A separate count concerns the owner of the “27” restaurant, identified by the initials N. L. The prosecutor’s office suspects that Kricak ill-treated and tortured him between 2 and 3 a.m. on May 16 at UKP premises, together with unidentified police officers, as the statement puts it:
“in such a way that, together with unidentified police officers, he first struck him with open and closed fists to the head, put a hood over his head, choking him. The injured party was then, it is suspected, stripped of his socks and beaten on the soles of his feet and back with a belt, during which the injured party N.L. suffered minor bodily injuries in the form of a hematoma on the right lower limb and a hematoma on the right foot.”
N. L. earlier claimed, as reported by Radar, that he was “beaten by five or six police officers, and only one introduced himself, Marko Kricak.” That is his own statement, not an established fact.
What did the chief public prosecutor say?
The chief public prosecutor of the VJT in Belgrade, Nenad Stefanovic, confirmed the arrest at a press conference and reminded reporters of the deadline for questioning:
“On the order of the acting prosecutor, the arrested persons have been placed in detention for up to 48 hours, within which time they will be brought in for questioning at the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade.”
Stefanovic separately said the arrest has nothing to do with the elections: “I appeal for calm and respect for the rule of law. In that regard, today’s arrest was also carried out, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with the electoral process and the results of the parliamentary elections.” He added that pre-investigation actions began earlier:
“The prosecutor’s office began its pre-investigation actions in this case in May of this year, when the work of the acting public prosecutors was obstructed, and then, at the end of July, a joint criminal complaint was filed in the case by the injured party’s lawyers, all of which resulted in the arrest of two high-ranking police officials.”
According to Danas, Stefanovic also repeated that the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade and all of its prosecutors act exclusively in line with the Constitution and laws of Serbia. The elections were held on October 25, and Vreme recalls that Supreme Public Prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac formed a five-member commission on October 27 with insight into the cases of all prosecutors’ offices, including “Senjak.” There are no publicly released statements from Kricak, Sekulovic or their defense lawyers.
Who else has been called in for an informative interview?
Zafirovic and Maric were summoned on Sunday evening as private citizens, on an order from the VJT Special Department for Combating Corruption. For Zafirovic, the summons was first reported by the Nova.rs portal, and Vreme says the prosecutor’s office confirmed it. According to Republika, he responded to the call. For Maric, the former Novi Sad police chief, the summons was reported by RTS.
On the prosecutor’s order, police are gathering information on who else took part in the ill-treatment of the restaurant owner.
What happens after the questioning?
The suspects can present a defense or remain silent, after which the prosecutor’s office decides whether to propose detention to the pretrial judge. Sources differ on the length: Mondo and Hronika magazine write about detention of up to 20 days, Kurir up to 30 days. As of publication, it is not known whether a proposal has been filed. For the murder of Aleksandar Nesovic itself, Sasa Vukovic has been indicted, and the indictment has been confirmed.
