Inđija mayor Marko Gašić and public company director remanded in custody for 30 days

Media reports have identified M. G. as Marko Gašić, the mayor of Inđija and former director of "Inđija put".

The court ordered the detention of M. G. and U. T. to prevent them from influencing witnesses or repeating the alleged offence, the court told Tanjug news agency. Another suspect, T. J., was prohibited from approaching, meeting or communicating with witnesses for three months.

According to an earlier statement from the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad, M. G. and U. T. are suspected of abuse of office, while Đ. V., Đ. D. and D. M. are suspected of assisting in the commission of that offence. T. J. is suspected of money laundering.

Six suspects have been arrested during the investigation and placed in police custody for up to 48 hours.

The investigation covers seven individuals. Three suspects, M. G., U. T. and T. J., have been questioned, while Đ. V., Đ. D. and D. M. are expected to be questioned within 48 hours of their detention.

One suspect remains at large, and authorities are actively searching for them.

Prosecutors suspect that M. G. and U. T., while serving as directors of "Inđija put" between 2023 and 2025, abused their official positions by arranging public procurement procedures for road markings and traffic signs in the municipality of Inđija.

According to the investigation, the winning bidder had been selected in advance, and contracts were awarded in violation of public procurement criteria.

The suspects allegedly authorised payments totalling 26,961,059 Serbian dinars for contracted work despite knowing that the work had not been carried out.

The other three suspects, Đ. V., Đ. D. and D. M., are accused of assisting by preparing, signing and certifying technical documents containing false information, which were then used to justify the payments.

T. J. is suspected of holding money paid through fictitious invoices for construction services that had allegedly been provided, despite knowing that the funds originated from criminal activity.