Drunk Youth Who Raped Housewife In Tulungagung Arrested

TULUNGAGUNG - Police arrested and detained a young man in a drunken state who reportedly raped a middle-aged housewife.

JAS (20), the initials of the unemployed youth, has been languishing in the Tulungagung Police detention cell since Sunday, November 14 to undergo a series of examinations by the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA) of the Tulungagung Police Satreskrim.

"We have determined the perpetrator as a suspect and the case has been handled by the PPA unit," said Head of the PPA Satreskrim Tulungagung Police Iptu Retno Pujiarsih as quoted by Antara, Wednesday, November 17.

The victim of the JAS rape was a 52-year-old housewife with the initials W. The perpetrator and the victim were actually neighbors. They live in Gambiran Village, Pagerwojo District.

Retno explained that the crime of rape was carried out by JAS on Saturday, November 13 night. At that time JAS came home in a state of drunkenness.

He then sneaked into W's house which was still his neighbor and committed an obscene act. The victim, who was living alone at the time, asked local residents for help.

W had fainted before finally complaining about JAS's sexual crimes to the Pagerwojo Police. From W's report, JAS was finally arrested and named a suspect for the crime of sexual abuse.

Investigators from the PPA Unit of the Tulungagung Police Satreskrim arrested the perpetrator under Article 285 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with 289 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison.