Cianjur - The Cianjur Police, West Java, arrested a perpetrator of violent theft MIR (33) who worked as a teacher at a high school in Cianjur, which caused grandmother Sopiah (69) to suffer serious injuries and lost Rp126 million in jewelry.
Cianjur Police Chief AKBP Alexander Yuriko Hadi said the perpetrator was determined to steal from the elderly residents of Sukakarya Village, Sukanagara District, who were still relatives because they were entangled in debts of hundreds of millions from online gambling.
"The perpetrator is still a relative of the victim, so the victim does not feel suspicious, but seeing the situation the house is empty, the perpetrator immediately strangled and abused the victim to take gold and diamond jewelry worth Rp. 120 million," he said as reported by ANTARA, Monday, January 19.
The victim was dragged and detained with his hands tied and his eyes closed, so that the perpetrator could easily loot the victim's valuables hidden in the bucket such as 29 grams, diamonds, and cash wrapped in plastic.
Previously, the perpetrator knew that the victim had valuables in the form of jewelry and cash that were stored in a number of places in his house, so the perpetrator looked for an opportunity after ensuring that the environment was quiet.
"The perpetrator, a teacher with the status of PPPK, was successfully arrested after five days of searching for officers from the Cianjur Police Criminal Investigation Unit without resistance, after the perpetrator was examined, he admitted that he was determined to carry out his actions because he was entangled in online gambling debts," he said.
The perpetrator said that most of the stolen jewelry had been sold to pay off debts and the rest had been thrown away, so his party traced the whereabouts of the victim's gold and diamonds so that they could be returned to their owners.
The head of the Cianjur Police Reskrim, AKP Fajri Amelia Putra, said his party provided assistance for the victim to recover from his trauma because he was old, including providing psychiatric assistance.
"We provide assistance until the victim recovers, including from the trauma because the victim is elderly, including finding the whereabouts of the victim's jewelry that was sold and discarded by the perpetrator to be returned," he said.
Meanwhile, for his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 479 of Law Number 1 of 2024 concerning the Criminal Code with a maximum penalty of 12 years in prison.
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