Detention extended for two months for Hadžić, Horo and Radeljaš

The Cantonal Court in Sarajevo, at the proposal of the KS Prosecutor's Office, extended the detention of the accused in the Blok operation, Damir Hadžić, Esed Radeljaš and Jasmina Horo, for another two months, writes the BH news agency Patria.

- Detention for the accused Hadžić and Jasmina Horo was extended due to the risk of influencing witnesses and concealing evidence, and for Radeljaš due to the risk of re-offending - Azra Bavčić, spokesperson for the KS Prosecutor's Office, told Patria.

Hadžić is charged with the criminal offense of abuse of position, in a way that he enabled the payment of over one million marks from the municipal budget to Esed Radeljaš, a former councilor in Novi Grad, a representative, and a minister in the BPK Government, who was arrested as part of the Blok operation on November 9 and is in detention. Radeljaš is suspected of the criminal offenses of certifying untrue content, incitement to abuse of position, giving gifts and other benefits, and money laundering. Radeljaš's detention was extended.

Also arrested in the operation at the time were Nedžad Kapetanović, former legal representative of the Municipality of Novi Grad, and Jusuf Čaušević, head of the Department for Property-Legal Affairs of the Municipality of Novi Grad.

Horo was released, and later arrested for a new criminal offense of inciting an expert witness to abuse an appraisal. Court expert Kasim Zulum, who was arrested, was released and is a witness in the proceedings.