The files on the alleged torture of Jovan Grujičić in the Podgorica Security Center were delivered to the Podgorica Prosecutor's Office, and they mention the names of seven policemen, Vijesti has learned.
The case was submitted to them by the Department for Internal Police Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP), after they completed the investigation into allegations of illegal behavior and actions of police officers from Podgorica towards Grujičić on May 26, 2020.
"The report on the control carried out, with case files, was sent to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica for further proceedings and evaluation and decision on the existence of elements of a criminal offense in the actions and behavior of police officers who, in the internal control procedure, were found to have taken official measures and actions according to appointed", was answered by "News" from the Public Relations Team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
According to the knowledge of "Vijesti", apart from the seven inspectors of the Criminal Police Station of the Podgorica Security Center, for the torture and abuse of Grujičić, a report was also filed two days ago against several police officials.
On May 26, Grujičić was taken from the Dobrota Special Hospital for Psychiatry to the Podgorica police, where, after several hours of torture, he agreed to confirm the police story - that he was the direct perpetrator of the bomb attacks on the Grand bar and the house of former secret police agent Duško Golubović.
A few days later, the basic state prosecutor's office and the police officially announced that Grujičić and Benjamin Mugoša were the direct perpetrators of those attacks, and that Zoran Mugoša had given them the order to do it.
However, the arrest of Grujičić and Benjamin Mugoša brought the public to their feet after they and the alleged witness MB announced that they had been abused by the police.
The first two claim that they were tortured in order to confess their guilt, and the witness to confirm that he knew something about it.
Already in the first days of the investigation, it was established that Benjamin Mugoša was in the Investigation Prison at the time of the bombings, in both cases, which is why the prosecution dropped the charges.
At the trial, Grujičić explained in detail how and why he had to confirm the police story and accuse himself and Mugoš of crimes he knew nothing about. The torture in room 117 of the Podgorica Security Center, he claims, lasted for hours - according to him, masked inspectors were making fun of him.
The Action for Human Rights (HRA) previously announced that all three alleged participants in the case of the bomb attacks on the Grand bar and the Golubović house reported that criminal police officers at the Podgorica Security Center forced them to testify using brutal torture techniques.
"Descriptions of the same details of police torture using electric shocks in the genital area and thighs, as well as beatings with boxing gloves and baseball bats, along with threats to kill and playing loud music to drown out the screams, add to the persuasiveness of their claims," the non-governmental organization said earlier.
Was in Sutomore during the attack?
Grujičić recently denied guilt in the Basic Court in Podgorica and recounted that, as he claims, he was brutally tortured in the Podgorica Security Center until a confession was forced from him.
This is what one of his defense attorneys, lawyer Damir Lekić, told "Vijesti" after the trial, because judge Nenad Vujanović allowed only one journalist to attend the hearing, due to measures regarding the coronavirus.
"He described in detail how the policemen treated him that day, that he was in the Special Hospital, from where he was forcibly taken to the police station and removed from therapy," Lekić said.
He said, claims the lawyer, that he had nothing to do with those events and that he was in Sutomore at the time when both crimes were committed...
"We proposed, and the court accepted, that in the continuation of the proceedings, the records of his arrivals at work should be inspected, and Grujicic's employer, colleague and parents should be heard."
Prosecution: The procedure is still in the investigation phase
The Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica confirmed to "Vijesti" yesterday that the Department for Internal Control of Police Work submitted to them the case concerning Jovan Grujičić.
"The report that is the subject of your interest has been submitted to the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica. The procedure is still in the reconnaissance phase. The State Prosecutor in the Basic State Prosecutor's Office in Podgorica will, after analyzing the case file and all the collected notifications, assess whether the actions of a person acquire the elements of a criminal offense for which he is prosecuted ex officio", according to the answers signed by the prosecutor and spokeswoman Milica Mandic.
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