The “Senjak Case”—which has become a stark paradigm of state capture following the gangland murder of Aleksandar Nešović (aka “Baja”) inside Restaurant “27”—has taken a major legal turn. Investigatve portal Radar has reportedly gained exclusive access to official case files and interrogation transcripts from the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office (VJT) in Belgrade, dated May 16, 2026.
The leaked documents reveal deep contradictions between the alibi of suspended Belgrade Police Chief Veselin Milić, the testimony of his personal security detail, harrowing claims of police brutality by restaurant staff, and the prosecutor’s official indictment framework.
1. Milić’s Alibi: “I Was in My Apartment, My Phone Just Died”
In his official defense, Veselin Milić—a powerful figure who previously served as a close security advisor to Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić—detailed his movements at Restaurant “27” on the afternoon and evening of May 12. He claimed he arrived around 4:00 PM to meet two friends (businessman A. O. and lawyer B. S.) and that Saša Vuković (aka “Boske”), whom he knew from the police academy in Sremska Kamenica, later joined their table uninvited while visibly intoxicated.
Milić admitted to prosecutors that around 10:00 PM, he sent a photo from the restaurant to his next-door neighbor, N. M.—who happens to be the godfather of the victim, Aleksandar Nešović. Milić claimed he asked why Nešović was holding a grudge against him over a past refusal to unofficially grant him a protective escort from the police Interventna Unit.
[Milić's Timeline vs. Material Claims]
10:15 PM ──► Nešović (Baja) briefly enters the restaurant, makes an odd facial gesture, and leaves.
10:45 PM ──► Milić and his security detail exit the restaurant (confirmed by witnesses A. O. and B. S.).
11:15 PM ──► Milić arrives at his residential building (citing security cameras and cell towers).
Critical Window ──► Milić's cell phone goes completely dark; he claims it "turned itself off."
The former police chief explicitly denied any business ties to Nešović—who is identified in criminal intelligence files as a close associate of Dejan Stojanović (aka “Keka”), leader of the notorious New Belgrade clan. Milić insisted he only learned of the murder the following morning at 9:22 AM via his neighbor.
However, Milić omitted a critical detail raised by the restaurant owner, who testified that he desperately called Milić on his personal line in the middle of the night begging for help, only for Milić to coldly reply that he was “sleeping” and hang up. Defense attorneys argue that a subsequent police log detailing the night’s events was retroactively falsified by Belgrade Criminal Police (UKP) Chief Mirko Đurić to protect Milić.
2. Transcripts from Hell: Staff Beaten with Cables and Belts inside UKP Headquarters
The documents reviewed by Radar expose disturbing allegations of police torture within the Belgrade Criminal Police Directorate (UKP). The only suspect to initially confirm that the murder took place directly at a dining table inside the restaurant was the venue’s owner, Nenad L.
Both the owner and waiter Vuk Š. testified to prosecutors that prior to giving their official statements, they were severely tortured by plainclothes detectives to force specific admissions.
| Suspect / Witness | Injuries Officially Documented by Prosecutors | Alleged Police Torture & Beating |
| Nenad L. (Restaurant Owner) | Large hematoma on the left leg, directly above the ankle joint. | Beaten with a leather belt across his soles and back, struck with open palms across his body, hooded, and suffocated. He explicitly named Marko Kričak, Chief of the UKP, as one of the active participants in his beating. |
| Vuk Š. (Waiter on Shift) | Cracked skin on the left foot, linear cable marks on the right foot, severe bruising on the right upper arm. | Testified that he was isolated twice and brutally beaten on the floor with a thick utility cable, fists, and boots. |
Owner Nenad L. described arriving at the restaurant after receiving a panicked call from the waiter, who had locked himself in the staff restroom. Upon entering the dining area, the owner discovered Nešović slumped over a table in a massive pool of blood. Shortly after, two unidentified men entered under the pretense of “cleaning up,” demanding old tablecloths and chemical detergents under threat of death. The owner witnessed the men wrapping the corpse in linens and blankets before removing it from the property, stating he complied entirely out of fear for his family’s life.
3. The Prosecution’s Alternate Theory: Was Milić the “Bait”?
The official order to launch an investigation against ten suspects, dated May 16, paints a starkly different picture from the passive bystander role claimed by Chief Milić. The Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office openly suspects the former police chief of actively coordinating the victim’s arrival:
Excerpt from the VJT Investigation Directive: “There are grounds for suspicion that the deceased, A. N., was contacted via telephone by Veselin M., who was in the company of Saša V. and Mario S., and was urged to come to the specified restaurant to settle mutual disputes, with the explicit suggestion that he arrive without his personal security detail.“
According to the prosecution’s reconstruction, Nešović initially spotted the vehicles used by the suspects outside the venue and chose to flee, calling a friend to say he sensed a trap. However, following a direct call from his rival, Saša Vuković, Nešović returned ten minutes later, entered the restaurant, and sat at a table with Vuković, Mario S., and Chief Milić. Following a brief argument, Vuković drew a firearm—allegedly smuggled into the restaurant by his wife, Danka V.—and shot Nešović at point-blank range.
4. The Ruling Party Nexus: SNS Call Centers and Safe Houses
The leaked case files further cement the deep entanglement of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) with the underworld figures involved in the execution:
- The Escape Plot: Suspect Dejan Stojić—who was arrested for driving the hitmen (Vuković and Mario S.) through Šabac to a hideout near Lake Dobrodol and eventually to Stara Pazova—is a high-ranking, active SNS party official in Stara Pazova. Upon his arrest, police recovered €10,000 in cash and the killers’ passports in his vehicle.
- The Campaign Link: Jelena Marković, the wife of the murdered gangland figure who initially reported his disappearance, co-runs the prominent promotional agency M&J Lady. The Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS) previously exposed that this exact agency was responsible for hiring and managing staff for the notorious SNS voter call centers during recent elections.
As forensic experts finalize DNA verification on human remains recovered from a buried barrel in the northern municipality of Inđija, Veselin Milić’s vast personal assets remain untouched. Despite independent journalistic discoveries showing that Milić resides in a luxury Dedinje penthouse worth millions of euros registered under his wife and in-laws, the Higher Public Prosecutor’s Office stated it is currently auditing the assets of the shooter, Saša Vuković, alone.
After more than a decade of intertwined political operations, blackmail, unresolved assassinations, and shared campaign budgets, the files published by Radar indicate that within the Belgrade security apparatus, every faction has a dark secret it is desperately trying to bury.
