Pretending To Buy A Laptop, A Man Armed With An Air Softgun In Medan Assaults And Robs The Victim's Belongings

MEDAN - The Medan Area Police Team arrested Petrus Parasaoran Sinaga (36) . Petrus was arrested after robbing and molesting a man with the initials EIS (37).

The Head of Criminal Investigation at the Medan Police Area AKP Philip Purba explained that the robbery and torture incident took place on Monday, May 9, on Jalan Air Bersih Ujung, Medan Denai District.

At that time, the victim was contacted by the perpetrator who planned to buy the victim's laptop. Then, the victim offered an HP brand laptop to the perpetrator.

The perpetrator then asked the victim to take the laptop to his house. After communicating, the victim then went to the perpetrator's house with a laptop.

"When he arrived at the perpetrator's house at around 16.45 WIB, the victim was invited to enter the house. Then when he was inside the perpetrator's house the victim was asked by the perpetrator to turn on his laptop with the excuse of wanting to check the specs," explained AKP Philip, Thursday, May 19.

AKP Philip added that after turning on his laptop, the victim was then asked to enter the perpetrator's room which is on the 2nd floor.

"After the victim entered the room, the perpetrator came out of the room again. Not long after, the perpetrator entered the room again with a black iron along with a softgun and immediately carried out the persecution," he said.

The perpetrator also forced the victim to transfer Rp25 million to the perpetrator's account via mobile banking. After grabbing the victim's belongings, the perpetrator fled.

As a result of the perpetrator's actions, the victim suffered lacerations to the head, bruises to the left waist and bruises to the knee.

Seeing his belongings being rushed and mistreated, the victim immediately reported to the Medan Area Police. The police who received the report immediately conducted an investigation and hunted down the perpetrator.

"From the results of the investigation, it is known that the perpetrator was in a boarding room located on Jalan Berdikari, Medan Petisah. The officers immediately moved and arrested the perpetrator," he said.

When interrogated, the perpetrator admitted all his actions. Currently, the perpetrators and a number of evidences have been secured at the Medan Area Police Headquarters.

"For his actions, the perpetrator is charged with Article 365 Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 9 years in prison," he said.