The Constitutional Court in Pristina has assigned the measure of house arrest for a month to the official of the Intercommunal Archives, Mehdi BahtiriWho is suspected of misusing official duty in case of changing state property.
The court has rejected the Constitutional Prosecutor’s request in Pristina for the appointment of the detention measure against the suspects as unmet.
After holding the hearing, the presiding court has assessed that House arrest measure It is enough to prevent the risk of repeating criminal acts and ensuring the unhindered development of criminal procedure.
The court’s announcement reportedly has been tasked with implementing this move and at any time verifying its respect for the suspect.
Police, too, should announce without delay the court in case of any violation of the house arrest measure.
The court has warned that if the suspect does not respect the ruling, the house arrest measure could be replaced with that of the detention.
To this act, the parties have a right to complaint at the Kosovo Court of Appeal.
How were three government parcels removed?
The case that Bahtiri allegedly allegedly relates to the removal of three property parcels in Pristina, which, according to the Prosecutor’s File provided by Inseder, allegedly passed from state to private ownership through a forged document.
According to the investigation, on February 24, 2023, Bahtiri had issued an official letter through which he had confirmed as authentic a Serbian-language document dated July 10, 1997, which referred to a 1954 decision.
This document was submitted by Nebojsa Janjzic, who called for registering property rights over three parcels in Pristina.
However, during the verifications carried out on July 21, 2026 by the Police and Intercommunal Archives, it was found that the document for which the confirmation was issued did not exist in the relevant archive file.
According to the Prosecutor’s File, the confirmation issued by Bahtiri was later used in property registration procedures in Kadastre, the Kosovo Cadastral Agency and in judicial procedures, until the Supreme Court.
As a result, the three parcels had been passed on by Yanjiqi. Two of them, in Matican’s cadastral zone, were later divided into 47 new cadastral units and passed by other people.
Meanwhile, the third parcel continues to figure in Janjiqi’s name.
The prosecution suspects that this case is not isolated. At least two other cases of similar nature are reportedly being investigated.
Bahtiri has denied the allegations during the statement to the police, while Nebojsa Janjic, suspected of forging documents, continues to be on the run.
In this case, Pristina Chairman Progress Rama has also reacted, which has clarified that Bahtiri is an employee of the Intercommunal Archives — an institution operating under the Kosovo State Archives Agency, depending on the Ministry of Culture. /Insrider.org
Source Layer: Insander