West Lombok Police Immediately Reconstruction Of Brigadier Esco Killed His Wife Who Is Also A Police Officer

Illustration of the body. (Unsplash)

JAKARTA - The West Lombok Resort Police (Polres) has scheduled a reconstruction of the alleged murder case of Brigadier Esco Faska Rely after naming the wife of the deceased named Police Brigadier One (Briptu) Rizka Sintiyani alias RS as a suspect.

"We schedule (reconstruction)," said Head of the West Lombok Police Criminal Investigation Unit Adjunct Police Commissioner Lalu Eka Arya Mardiwinata when contacted from Mataram, Thursday, confiscated by Antara.

Regarding the execution of the reconstruction, Lalu Eka did not explain further. He only stated that the series of investigations were still ongoing.

Head of Public Relations of the NTB Police, Police Commissioner Mohammad Kholid on Monday, September 22, stated that in the investigation into the murder case of Brigadier Esco, West Lombok Police, they were still investigating the role of others.

"While all investigators are still investigating, the potential for other suspected perpetrators is still being investigated," said Kholid.

In this case, the wife of Brigadier Esco who is also on duty at the West Lombok Police has been named a suspect based on the results of the special case title at the NTB Police.

There were allegations of violations of Article 340 of the Criminal Code regarding premeditated murder, Article 351 paragraph (3) of the Criminal Code concerning persecution that resulted in the lives of people being lost and Article 338 of the Criminal Code concerning murder.

For the application of the criminal article which was revealed from the West Lombok Police SP2HP to the parents of the late Brigadier Esco, Kholid has not yet given an official statement.

Likewise, regarding the detention of the Briptu RS at the NTB Police Detention Center, the police have not provided any information.

"Yes, later yes. We are still investigating other suspects," he said.

In handling the case at this stage of investigation, the police have examined a marathon of witnesses from the case of the death of Brigadier Esco who was found dead in a pathetic garden behind his house in Nyiur Lembang Dalem Hamlet, Jembatan Hangup Village, West Lombok Regency.

Head of Sub-Directorate III for Crime and Violence (Jatanras) of the NTB Police Criminal Investigation Adjunct Senior Commissioner of Catur Police Erwin Setiawan last week, Thursday (11/9), said that West Lombok Police investigators in this case had examined at least 50 witnesses.

Of the dozens of witnesses who underwent examination before the West Lombok Police Satreskrim investigator, Catur emphasized that one of them was the wife of the deceased who was also a member of the National Police.

In a series of investigations that led to the alleged murder, the police also investigated the results of extracting Brigadier Esco's cell phone and his wife.

The deepening of the evidence also refers to the examination of the results of forensic laboratory testing related to bloodstains found around the victim's house.

The West Lombok Police have been revealed to have determined that the handling of this case will run at the investigation stage from the statement of the parents of the deceased who received the Notification on the Progress of Investigation Results (SP2HP) from the West Lombok Police Number: SP2HP / 66 / IX / RES.1.7. / 2025.

In this investigation, the police have found indications of unlawful acts that led to the alleged murder of Brigadier Esco.

The initial evidence was pocketed by the police from the discovery of the body of Brigadier Esco on Sunday, August 24 at 11.30 WITA. His body was found in a state of the neck entangled with a rope tied to a small tree.

Based on these findings, information quickly spread to the community to the police. Brigadier Esco's body was then evacuated and the police conducted a crime scene investigation.

The identity of Brigadier Esco was revealed from the clothes he was wearing and his belongings such as cellphones, watches to the keys to two-wheeled vehicles in his trouser bags.