Marko Kričak, head of the Criminal Police Directorate (UKP), was arrested this morning on the orders of the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office (VJT) in Belgrade on suspicion of abuse of office, following a criminal complaint filed by the lawyer representing Veselin Milić, the deputy director of police, Radar reports.
The same complaint also led to the detention of Boško Sekulović, head of the Department for the Suppression of Crime.
Kričak led the police operation following the murder of Aleksandar Nešović, known as Baja, at the “27” restaurant in Senjak, where Veselin Milić was initially named in the police criminal complaint in connection with the crime. At the time, Milić was not only an assistant director but also head of the Belgrade police.
Now Kričak is suspected of falsifying evidence in the case and putting pressure on witnesses and defendants to make them adjust the facts to an already established version of events.
Radar reported on the complaint filed by Milić’s lawyers on July 30, 2026, against Kričak and Boško Sekulović in an article entitled “Milić Accuses UKP Chiefs of Framing Him for the Senjak Crime.”
Kričak’s brief tenure at the helm of the UKP, which began toward the end of last year, will not be remembered as much as the fact that he became the first head of this most important police department to be arrested. The meteoric rise of this former car dealer within the security services began during the second half of what is now the former Aleksandar Vučić regime.
Following what had by then become established practice, Kričak first worked at the Security Intelligence Agency (BIA), as a member of its Fifth Directorate for counterintelligence protection of agency personnel, or, more simply put, the “police within the police.”
From there, he moved to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, as it was believed he had gained experience there when Milić, who had first served as head of the Belgrade police from September 2013 to August 2018, was appointed to the position again in 2020.
Kričak then returned to the BIA. However, in 2022, he was once again appointed to a police position, becoming deputy commander of the Unit for the Protection of Certain Persons and Facilities (JZO). In July 2023, he was appointed commander of the unit.
Marko Kričak’s name became widely known only after the student protests, when he and the JZO unit he led attracted attention for their brutality. The most notorious incident occurred when they detained several demonstrators inside the Serbian Government building, an incident about which numerous accounts were given.
Among others, student Nikolina Sinđelić publicly accused him not only of brutality but also of threatening to rape her. He was appointed head of the UKP toward the end of last year despite widespread opposition from experts and members of the very department whose officers have now arrested him.
Kričak has also faced allegations of violence in connection with the investigation into the murder at the “27” restaurant. Four suspects claimed they had been beaten by police officers, while the accused owner of the establishment stated in his testimony that Marko Kričak was among those who had assaulted him.
Aleksandar Vučić has publicly praised this police lieutenant colonel on several occasions. The election winners, representatives of the Student List, recently demanded the resignations of several officials, including Lieutenant Colonel Kričak himself. He did not resign, but his own subordinates have now arrested him.
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