Bogor Resort Police officers arrested the perpetrator of a robbery with the initials RK (25) who carried out the sadistic murder of an online motorcycle taxi driver with the initials RA (56) in Cibeber Village, Leuwiliang, Bogor Regency, West Java.

Bogor Deputy Police Chief Kompol Rizka Fadhila explained that the perpetrator of the murder was arrested in a rented house in the Cibungbulang District area after the police carried out the tracking.

"With the quick action of the Leuwiliang Police and Satreskrim, in less than 24 hours the perpetrator has been arrested in his rented house," Rizka explained as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, May 7.

The motorcycle taxi murder incident occurred on Sunday (4/5) in the morning at around 01.00 WIB. At that time, the perpetrator RK ordered delivery services through an online motorcycle taxi application from the Karya Bakti Hospital, Dramagake Jalan Swadaya Cibeber, Bogor.

Furthermore, the perpetrator was escorted by the victim to the location ordered through the application. However, in the middle of the road, the perpetrator asked the victim to turn around and look for a quiet location.

At the scene, the perpetrator pointed a knife at the victim and said he wanted to take his motorbike. The victim fought back, but the perpetrator stabbed the knife at the victim.

"The victim was found dead with stab wounds to the cheeks, chest and back," said Rizka.

The perpetrator is known to be a recidivist and was once imprisoned for the theft of a cell phone in Tangerang in 2022. The motive for the perpetrator's crime was controlling the victim's belongings.

The perpetrators of the motorcycle taxi murder were charged with Articles 340 and 338 of the Criminal Code with the threat of the death penalty or life imprisonment and 20 years in prison.

The Bogor Police are currently searching for the victim's motorbike which was sold by the perpetrators in Tangerang for IDR 4.2 million.


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