Police Descend To Location Of Unlicensed Gold Miner Who Was Pounced On By Tiger In Merangin Jambi

JAMBI - The Merangin Police and the Jambi BKSDA went down to check on the location of the victim who was killed by a Sumatran tiger (Panthera tigris Sumatrae) on the Nilo River, Lubuk Beringin Village, Muara Siau District, Merangin Regency, Jambi.

"The BKSDA team has gone to the location to confirm the incident on Saturday (25/9) at 21.00 WIB, which killed Rasidin (33) who was resting after carrying out gold mining without a permit," said Merangin Police Chief AKBP Irwan Andy Purnamawan quoted by Antara, Monday, 27 September.

After the incident of the residents of Guguk Village, Renah Pembarap Subdistrict who was attacked by a Sumatran tiger wild animal on the Nilo River, Lubuk Beringin Village, Merangin on Saturday, September 25, the Jambi BKSDA team immediately went to the location to check further information to take the next step because the location of the forest is forest. custom and production.

According to a witness report received by the police, the victim and his friend, Adi, were sitting in the hut drinking tea after working to find gold in an illegal mine, when a wild tiger came and attacked the victim.

According to witness, friend of the victim, Adi, said that the tiger beast immediately bit the victim's neck in the back which resulted in the victim's neck being broken and blisters from the bite and scratch marks of the tiger and the victim was carried by the king of the jungle a few meters from the hut.

Two hours after that, witness Adi called residents to help find the victim and at 23:45 WIB, the victim's colleagues managed to retrieve the victim's body from the tiger's grip and found the victim already dead with a broken neck as a result of a tiger bite.

The victim was then immediately taken back to his home in Guguk Village, Renah Pembarap District. The victim and his partner Adi worked at the scene as gold miners in the customary forest.

Meanwhile, the victim's family has accepted the incident and has accepted it. The body has been buried at the TPU Guguk Village, Renah Pembarap District, Merangin Regency by the family and community.