Photo: Zoran Zestić/TanjugOn the order of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, the police arrested Milorad Grcic on suspicion that, while he was the acting director of JP EPS, he and his associates damaged that public enterprise.
Mayor of Obrenovac Milorad Grcic he was arrested today, it was confirmed by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office
As stated, the police are on the orders of the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade arrested Grcic because of the suspicion that during the time when he was the acting director of JP EPS, he and his associates damaged that public company.
The police operation is still ongoing, and besides Grcic, ten other people have been arrested.
The rise and fall of Grčić
Milorad Grcic was arrested while he was the president of SO Obrenovac, and he was appointed to that position in July 2024.
Before that, he held the position of advisor to the City Manager of Belgrade, Miroslav Čučković.
His political rise began with the coming to power of the SNS, so in October 2012 he became the director of the 'Kolubara' mining basin.
In October 2015, he moved to the position of director of the Office for Corporate Social Responsibility and Relations with Local Communities in EPS, and on March 15, 2016 was appointed acting director of EPS.
After he resigned from the position of acting director of EPS on January 12, 2022, on May 1, 2022, he was appointed assistant to the president of the Municipality of Obrenovac.
At the end of December 2022, he was re-elected as the president of the SNS Municipal Board in Obrenovac, and in July 2024, he was elected as the president of the Obrenovac City Municipality.
Grcic is a member of the Serbian Progressive Party and the president of the Municipal Board in Obrenovac. He was a councilor in the Obrenovac Municipal Assembly and deputy mayor in charge of economy and investments in two mandates, from mid-2005 to early 2010.
He was the main actor of several affairs, and former Minister of Mining and Energy Zorana Mihajlović filed a criminal complaint against him in 2022.
In the application, it was stated that by acting negligently and exceeding his authority, he caused damage to the state of more than 500 million euros and threatened its security system.
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