Police Arrest Madura Village Officials who Killed Grandmother

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Pamekasan - The Pamekasan Police, East Java, arrested a village official from Sampang Regency who was a perpetrator of a robbery in Pamekasan which resulted in 1 victim being killed and 2 others being injured.

"We arrested the perpetrator at his house yesterday," said Wakapolres Pamekasan Kompol Hendry Soelistiawan as reported by ANTARA, Monday, January 12.

The perpetrator with the initials UA (3) from Tlagah Village, Banyuates District, Sampang Regency, is currently still active as one of the village heads in the village.

The arrest of the perpetrator of the robbery, which occurred on January 8 on Jalan Raya Peltok, Plakpak Village, Pamekasan, was carried out by officers by paralyzing it with hot lead.

According to the Deputy Police Chief, this was done because the suspect tried to resist the officers and wanted to escape.

"Yes, we had to disable it," he said.

To account for his actions, the police framed the suspect with Article 479 paragraph 3 of the Criminal Code (KUHP) concerning Theft with Violence resulting in death.

"The threat of punishment is 15 years in prison," said the Deputy Police Chief.

Victim The case of robbery by the village police was a grandmother named Sumriyah (60) from Peltok Village, Plakpak Village, Pegantenan District, Pamekasan.

At that time, Sumriyeh was returning from a party at her family's house with her two grandchildren named Alfian and Kayla and was riding on her son Sakdiyah (44).

After arriving at Jalan Raya Peltok, Plakpak, Pegantenan, the motorcycle driven by Sakdiyah was hijacked by the perpetrator who wanted to seize the gold bracelet used by the driver who was riding three people.

The driver panicked and lost control. The motorcycle swayed on the winding and descending road, then hit the store's support pole.

As a result of the hard collision, Sumriyeh died at the scene of the crime, while Sakdiyah and the other two drivers, namely Alfian, and Kayla, were injured.

After taking the victim's gold bracelet, the perpetrator fled east and briefly hit a pickup truck that passed by the scene.

Police Chief Commissioner Kompol Hendry Soelistiawan said the police were able to move quickly to make arrests thanks to footage from surveillance cameras belonging to residents around the scene of the incident.

"In Sampang, the upload of residents on various social media platforms about the perpetrators also helped us identify the perpetrators, until finally we were able to make an arrest," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the position of the perpetrator as a village official in Sampang Regency, Hendry said that it was an internal matter of the Sampang Regency Government, because the police's focus was on handling the criminal cases committed by the suspects.