The president of Indjija Municipality, the director of "Indjija Road" and four other people were arrested

Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad issued a statement that in cooperation with Criminal Police Directorate from that city arrested 6 suspects, while one is being intensively searched for, among them is the president of the municipality of Inđija, Marko Gašić.

The Prosecution's statement states that the suspects MG and UT are charged with the grounds of suspicion that they committed the criminal offense of Abuse of Official Position, and the suspects Đ.V, Đ.D, and DM for assisting in the execution of the said criminal offense, while TJ is suspected of the criminal offense of Money Laundering.

"It was determined that there are grounds for suspicion that the suspects MG and UT, as directors of the public company 'Indjija Put' in the period from 2023 to 2025, used their official position and enabled the implementation of public procurements in which the bidder was pre-agreed, concluded contracts with him and ordered payment in the total amount of 26.961.059,30 MKD for the contracted works, even though they knew that these works were not performed," the statement said. VJT in Novi Sad.

The Prosecution also states that the three suspects helped them in this by signing and notarizing technical documents with untrue content, and that the suspect TJ kept the money that was paid out on the basis of fictitious invoices, even though she knew that the money came from criminal activities.

The suspects were detained for 48 hours.

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