SERANG - A madrasah aliyah student with the initials TB (18) was found dead in the Kampung Petung River, Sentul Village, Kragilan District, Serang Regency, Banten Province, allegedly frustrated by romance.
"The victim is suspected of being desperate to end his life after drinking 16 Antimo pills due to frustration due to love problems," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of Serang Police AKP Andi Kurniady ES in Serang, Antara, Friday, August 1.
He explained that the victim's body was first found by a resident named Rohmat (55) on Thursday in a position caught in piles of garbage in the river.
"We received a report this morning, after receiving the report, we immediately evacuated the victim's body to the Bhayangkara Hospital of the Banten Police for examination," said Andi.
Based on the results of the investigation and witness testimony, it was known that the day before being found dead, at around 02.00 WIB, the victim drank 16 Antimo pills in front of his roommate in the boarding school dormitory.
"To his friend, the victim admitted that he was dizzy and wanted to calm his heart because there was a love affair with his girlfriend," he explained.
After drinking dozens of these pills, the victim looked drunk and unstable. At around 04.30 WIB, the victim came out of the dormitory in a staggered state while speaking unclearly.
The police suspect that the victim fell into an irrigation river while walking on a bridge not far from the location of the boarding school.
"It is suspected that because his condition was abnormal, the victim slipped and fell into the river. His body was then carried away by the current of the water until it was found about three kilometers from the initial location," explained Andi.
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He added that the family had accepted the incident as a disaster and refused to do an autopsy on the victim's body.
"The family made a statement rejecting the autopsy. After that, we handed over the victim's body to the family for burial," he concluded.
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