The Republika Srpska entity Ministry of Interior (MoI) filed criminal charges against pathologist Zeljko Karan who performed an autopsy on the body of David Dragicevic who was found dead in March this year.

The RS MoI charged Karan with abuse of power and filed its charges to the Banjaluka District Prosecution considering that all the acts from the report are within their jurisdiction.

The 21-year-old David Dragicevic was found dead in Banjaluka, in March this year, in what was first described as an accidental death.

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 Prosecution told N1 that Karan was reported for his toxicological report that said David Dragicevic had toxins in his blood, but it was later found that this was not true.

According to Karan’s toxicological report, the 21-year-old was using LSD, marijuana and alcohol, which later turned out to be false.

The Banja Luka Prosecution took over the case.