DISMISSED CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST VESELIN MILIĆ: Police chief allegedly did not assist the killer of Aleksandar Nešović!

The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade announced that it has dismissed the criminal complaint against the former head of the Police Department for the city of Belgrade, Veselin Milić, in the part in which he was charged with the criminal offense of assisting the perpetrator after the commission of a criminal offense, because there are no grounds for suspicion that a criminal offense prosecutable ex officio was committed.

Regarding the part of the criminal complaint charging him with the criminal offense of failure to report a criminal offense and its perpetrator, the prosecutor’s office continues to take evidentiary actions.

During the investigation conducted for the criminal offense of aggravated murder to the detriment of A.N. on May 12, 2026 at the “27” restaurant, the prosecutor’s office determined from the collected evidence that there is no evidence indicating that the accused committed the criminal offense of assisting the perpetrator after the commission of a criminal offense charged in the complaint, and that the factual description of the actions given in the criminal complaint in relation to this offense does not correspond to the facts established during the proceedings.

Namely, as they explained, based on surveillance camera footage from the address of the residence of the victim Nešović and the suspect Veselin M., as well as cameras from the “Coffee Dream” establishment, then based on base stations and forensic analysis of phones belonging to the suspect’s security personnel and the suspect’s base stations, as well as analysis of statements from examined witnesses, the suspect’s defense, and other evidence, it is indisputably and unequivocally established that he was not, nor could he have been, at the scene of the event, that is, in the “27” restaurant, when, as is reasonably suspected, the criminal offense of aggravated murder and other criminal offenses were committed, and that the suspect did not, by concealing traces resulting from the commission of those criminal offenses, assist other defendants in this case in removing traces of their execution.

“In relation to the criminal offense of failure to report a criminal offense and its perpetrator, evidentiary actions continue to be taken because during the evidentiary actions carried out so far it has been established that there are grounds for suspicion that Veselin M. had knowledge of the event on the night of May 12, 2026 in the ‘27’ restaurant, that is, that he had knowledge that a criminal offense had been committed, and that as an official he failed to report the said criminal offense of which he became aware in the performance of his official duties,” they stated.

The collected evidence indicates grounds for suspicion that Veselin M. was informed by phone between the night of May 12 and 13 by the restaurant owner, suspect N.L., about the event in the restaurant in which other guests were present at the time, and that upon learning of the criminal offenses prosecutable ex officio, he did not report them to the competent authorities, although he was obliged to do so.

The prosecutor’s office has carried out a series of evidentiary actions and ordered appropriate expert analyses in order to determine the above circumstances, and the further course of the proceedings will depend on the content of the submitted evidentiary material.

The prosecutor’s office will continue to inform the public in a timely manner about the progress of this criminal proceeding.