The Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina has called for the appointment of the detention measure against Mehdi Bahtiri, official at the State Agency of the Archives of Kosovo, which is suspected of misuse of official position or authority.

According to the prosecution’s request, Bahtiri was detained on November 11, 2026, at 2: 00 p.m., while the request for the detention assignment was submitted on November 12th 2026 at the Foundation Court in Pristina, the Randa Crime Department.

He allegedly during 2023, in the quality of the official person and responsible for the archive in Pristina’s Intercommunal Archives Depon, using office and official authority, has exceeded his competencies.

According to prosecution allegations, Bahtiri had falsely confirmed the authenticity of a document presented by Nebojsa Janjiić, who did not comply with the original documentation preserved in the Pristina Intercommunal Archive.

The case relates to a request by the Pristina municipality’s Directorate for Kadast on February 15th 2023 to verify the authenticity of the document submitted by Janjiić in the property registration procedure.

The prosecution claims that, through a letter of February 24, 2023, with reference to 032.1/64, Bahtiri had confirmed the authenticity of the document, although it was not identical to the documentation found in the archive.

According to the prosecution’s document, later verifications have found that the document was forged and that there was no documentation in the relevant archive file supporting that confirmation.

The move allegedly enabled Nebojsa Janjiić to illegally profit property rights over three parcels in the Pristina municipality, the P-7194050-00153-31 parcels, P-71914059-016-3, respectively.

With these actions, Mehdi Bahtiri allegedly carried out the criminal work, the use of official office or authority, by Article 414, paragraph 2 of the Republic of Kosovo’s Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, the prosecution has taken investigative action even against Nebojsa Janjiić, who is suspected of criminal activity ] forging documents from Article 390, paragraph 2 concerning paragraph 1 of the Penal Code.

Among the evidence mentioned by the Prosecution are the Kosovo Police report, the request of the Directorate for the Cadaster of the Pristina municipality, the Intercommunal Archives, the documentation of verifications carried out on July 21st 2026, cadastral documents, the suspect’s statement and other persons’ testimonies.

The prosecution estimates that the evidence collected creates suspicion based on the carrying out of criminal acts and that there are circumstances that make it necessary to assign the detention measure to ensure the unhindered development of criminal procedure.

For this reason, state prosecutor Union Zeqaj has nominated the Constitutional Court in Pristina for Mehdi Bahtiri to be appointed the detention measure.

Source Layer: Insander