The Zagreb Municipal Prosecutor's Office has drafted an indictment against Sretko Kalinic, a 36-year-old man awaiting extradition to Serbia, for two Croatian passports he obtained under false data and documents.
Kalinic was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in Serbia as a member of the Zemun Clan for the 2003 murder of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and to 40 years' imprisonment for other murders.
Zagreb County Court president Kresimir Devcic said on Wednesday the proceedings launched by the municipal prosecutors "can, but don't have to" delay his extradition to Serbia.
Kalinic, who has Croatian and Serbian citizenship, is charged with applying for a passport with the Zagreb police in late August 2006 under another person's name, forging the signature and enclosing a fake identity card and photographs of himself.
He was issued the passport, as the police had no reason to suspect the accuracy of the data, the Prosecutor's Office said on its website on Wednesday.
Kalinic is also charged with applying for another passport under another's name at a Croatian consulate abroad in January 2009. He enclosed with his application a photo of himself and another person's citizenship and birth certificates and ID.
The Prosecutor's Office has requested extending the detention set for Kalinic by the Zagreb County Court.
Devcic said the punishment Kalinic might face in Croatia for document forgery, of several months in prison, paled in comparison to his convictions in Serbia.
After Kalinic consented to being extradited to Serbia, the extradition was approved by Croatian Justice Minister Drazen Bosnjakovic on Tuesday. Kalinic is expected to be the first Croatian citizen to be extradited to Serbia. Further procedure is to be arranged by the two countries' police forces and Interpol offices.
