Banjaluka Prosecution indicted two policemen from Banjaluka Police station, for the criminal offence of "tampering with evidence" in the case of the death of a 21-year-old David Dragicevic.
“The indictment was submitted to Banjaluka Basic Court for confirmation,” Chef Public Prosecutor Zelimir Lepir said.
Unofficially, the two policemen are responsible for the disappearance of David Dragicevic’s underwear which could be used as evidence in the investigation of his death.
Some media reported earlier that autopsyphotos showed Dragicevic wearing underwear when his body was found in the Crkvena river on March 24th.
The underwear disappeared during the time when the body of the deceased was under police supervision.
The young man’s family claims that it is impossible that David’s death was “accidental” as was said during the first press conference on this case. Due to the public disturbance and constant protests caused by the case, the National Assembly of the RS formed a Board of Inquiry with the aim of identifying the relevant circumstances of this young man's death. After the Board concluded that there were elements for the suspicion that he could have been killed, the ruling coalition of delegates rejected the Board’s report saying that only by the competent prosecutor's office can qualify the case.
The District Prosecutor's Office of Banjaluka then submitted an order to conduct an investigation into the murder of Dragicevic against several unknown persons, and according to the details of the order, David Dragicevic “either ran away from the perpetrators and fell down the steep banks of the River Crkvena from a height of around 4.5 meters, or the perpetrators pushed him into the river from the banks when he drowned shortly after hitting the water.”
