In 1922 Yugoslav authorities sent Chetniks under command of Kosta Pećanac to hunt down Mehonjić after failed assassination attempt of prominent member of People's Radical Party.
[4] In the period of 1924-1928, he was as an anti-Yugoslav rebel leader of the Kachak movements chetas (armed bands) (çetë) in the lower Sandžak area, including Novi Pazar, Rožaje, Sjenica, Kolašin and Bihor.
[4] In 1924, Mehonjić/Mehonja was framed for organizing the murder of Boško Bošković, the chief of Kolašin county, despite him being in Albania at the time.
[1] He was a member of the Committee for the National Defence of Kosovo,[6] and according to Professor Matija Murko of Prague, Mehonjic was also a writer of poetry, writing and singing about the battles and skirmishes he had fought.
[3] According to one source he was betrayed and killed by his concealer and that Yugoslav Intelligence Service was involved in his death.