Milan Vukovic Baka arrested! District Prison chief and top SAJ officer suspected of torture

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Milan Vukovic Baka (48), acting director of the Special Detention Unit of the District Prison in Belgrade, was arrested yesterday in the capital, Telegraf.rs has learned.

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Vukovic is among a group of police officers who were detained in an extensive operation by the Department of Internal Control of the MUP, and among them is the director of the Special Anti-Terrorist Unit (SAJ), Igor Zmiric (47).

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Telegraf reported yesterday that the police raided the premises of the Belgrade District Prison where the suspect Marko Kricak is held.

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Up to 48 hours detention for nine people

Members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Department of Internal Control, by order of the public prosecutor of the First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, issued a decision on detention for up to 48 hours for the following persons: B.J. (48), D.V. (48), J.O. (43), V.L. (48), N.D. (50), N.F. (53), Z.V. (54).

Photo: Tanjug/Dejan Zivancevic

Milan Vukovic (48) was at the time of the crimean active police officer of the MUP of the Republic of Serbia.

They are charged with the crime of abuse and torture.

Horror details: They beat and intimidated people in government garage

According to the investigation, the crime was committed in the night between August 14 and 15, 2025, in the period from around 22:30 to 01:00 in the very center of Belgrade in the garage of the Government of the Republic of Serbia in Nemanja Street.

The suspects, as stated, fully aware of the illegality of their actions, as co-perpetrators and officials in the performance of their duties at the Unit for the Security of Certain Persons and Facilities (JZO) of the MUP of Serbia, used force and threats to cause great pain and severe suffering to a number of victims.

Brutal violence was carried out with the aim of extorting information, intimidation and illegal punishment of the victims.

All suspects will be brought to the competent First Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade for questioning within the legal deadline.

(Telegraf.rs)