Tried to launch trial against policemen who mistreated the young man at the police station

The case's court, Sultan Hoti, has indicated that the defender of accused Kelmendi, lawyer Naim Rudari, had announced that he would be late, but despite the wait, he has not presented, reports “Justice Betrim”.

Judge Hoti has asked the accused Kelmendi if he wants to be declared without his lawyer's presence, but the same one has refused.

Under these circumstances, today's session was postponed for May 25, 2021, at 09: 00 p.m.

Otherwise, in this case, accused Kelmendi was arrested by Kosovo Police, under suspicion that during 2018 he physically mistreated an 18-year-old in Pristina police station.

According to the indictment filed on April 2, 2021, by Pristina Constitutional Prosecutor Haris Kelmendi is charged with being indicted on June 26th 2018 at the Central Police Station in Pristina, in the quality of the official person (official police officer) while dealing with the injured L.R. over a case as a suspect, during the prosecution of the case, the accused deliberately misused his office or authorisations.

In the indictment, accused Kelmendi is said to have mistreated the injured Rama, in a way that has caused physical and psychic pain with the form of action in the passive body by hitting the powerful face-to-face from which the injured shot falls.

And accused Agon Hyseni in the country and high date also in the quality of the official person (police official) during the prosecution, deliberately mishandled the office or official authorisations, mistreating the injured Rama in the manner that by hitting him with his hands in the body (directing him the official weapon and putting him in his mouth) with the words that “is looking good when he was throwing a gun at persons during the theft of” and during the time he was at the Police station has allowed to dictified mistreatment of the infected with what was seriously damaged dignity.

With these actions they are accused of committing criminal work “mishandling during the exercise of official duty or public authorization” by Article 195 paragraph 1 of the Republic of Kosovo Criminal Code.

In addition, the second slide of this indictment reportedly on January 29, 2021, in Pristina, accused Kelmendi initially calls the injured Rama by telephone, calling for the same one to withdraw the statement issued at the Police Inspectorate, which the injured fugitive has refused.

Always in accordance with the indictment, immediately after this the injured Rama has received another call that has been asked to facilitate the statement against the accused, then the accused has phoned IPK investigator Fitim Zeneli, trying to prevent or delay from communicating other authorised investigators, the prosecutor or judge regarding the conduct of the criminal work.

For this, Kelmendi is accused of committing criminal work “preventing the testing or official procedure” from Article 386 paragraph 1 points 1.3 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Kosovo.