Veselin Milić, a long-time high official Ministry of the Interior of Serbia and the former chief of the Belgrade police, he was arrested on May 15, 2026 after the hearing in connection with the disappearance of Aleksandar Nešović aka Baja.
Shortly after he was arrested, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that Milić had been dismissed from the position of the head of the PU for the city of Belgrade.
Milić became known to the general public after the murder at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School in Belgrade, when he spoke at a conference on May 3, 2023. showed the list of children from "Ribnikar" planned for liquidation live in front of the cameras to the public of millions.
Head and special adviser
It was then the third year of his second term in the position of head of the Police Administration for the city of Belgrade, to which he was appointed by the then Minister of the Interior, Aleksandar Vulin, in November 2020.
He was dismissed on May 15, 2026, after his arrest.
Prethondo held the same position from September 2013 to August 2018. Then he became an adviser to the President of Serbia for the fight against corruption and crime, as well as an assistant director of the police for the promotion, organization and functioning of the Police Directorate.
His first mandate at the head of the Belgrade police was marked by the demolition case in Hercegovačka street in Savamala in 2016, as well as frequent confrontations with criminal groups in Belgrade, Insider wrote.
He rarely appeared in public, and in one of the few interviews in 2018, he stated that "Belgrade is a safe and secure city", with the assessment that criminal clans from Montenegro operate in the capital.
Before his first arrival at the head of the Belgrade police, he was a special adviser to the then director of the police, Milorad Veljović. The media also previously wrote about his close ties with the top of the MUP, Istinomer writes.
Belgrade police chief Veselin Milić was arrested in connection with the murder of Nešović in Senjak
From Užice police officer to Belgrade mayor
He was born in 1979 in Priboj. According to his official biography, he graduated from the Internal Affairs High School in Sremska Kamenica and the Police Academy in Belgrade.
He was admitted to the MUP in 1998 at the Secretariat of Internal Affairs in Užice, where he worked as a policeman. From 2003, he moved to Belgrade, to the position of assistant commander of the Savski venac Police Station, and then became deputy commander and commander of that station.
At the end of 2006, he was appointed head of the Security Department in the Police Department of the Police Department for the city of Belgrade. In the official biography, it is stated that he has been praised and awarded several times, as well as that he holds the rank of colonel.
From October 2011, he worked in the Police Directorate in the workplace of legality and security, then promotion, organization and functioning of the Police Directorate, and on September 19, 2013, by the decision of the Minister of Internal Affairs, he was appointed as the head of the Police Administration for the city of Belgrade.
In May 2026, he was arrested as part of the investigation into the disappearance of Aleksandar Nešović, who was last seen in Senjak. The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade announced that Milić was detained for up to 48 hours on suspicion of having committed criminal acts, failure to report the criminal act and the perpetrator, and assisting the perpetrator after the crime was committed.
According to the prosecutor's office and media reports, as part of the same investigation, members of the police from his security, as well as several other persons connected with the case, were arrested.
Source: Istinomer
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