Online Taxi Driver Murder In Medan Revealed, Perpetrator Shot Dead

Medan Police Chief Kombes Riko Sunarko in the release of the online taxi driver murder case / DOK IST

MEDAN - The police revealed the murder case that killed online taxi driver Muhammad Idris (42) in the city of Medan. The police shot dead the perpetrator with the initials IGL (43) who resisted the arrest.

The Medan Police Chief, Kombes Riko Sunarko, said the murder took place on Tuesday, November 30. Initially, the suspect met his friend Santos on Jalan TB Simatupang, Medan Sunggal sub-district.

Both of them discussed work projects in Banda Aceh. After talking to Santos, the suspect planned to meet with the project contractor at the Soechi Hotel, Jalan Cirebon, Medan City. He then asked Santos to order a taxi online to Hotel Soechi.

"Then the victim responded to the order and took the perpetrator to the destination according to the application," said Kombes Riko during a presentation at the Medan Police Headquarters, Thursday, December 2.

However, upon arrival at the location, the suspect did not want to pay the taxi fare online. The reason, the suspect does not have money.

"Then there was a fight that ended in a fight between the perpetrator and the victim. The perpetrator hit the victim and strangled the victim to death," said Kombes Riko.

After the incident, the suspect then took the victim's car. He then dumped the victim's body on Jalan Kanal, Medan Johor District, to be precise in front of SMA N 13 Medan.

"After that he went back to his house on Jalan Amplas," he said.

After returning to his home, the suspect then went back to Jalan Defense, Medan City. He met his friend named Syafrizal.

Together with Syahfrizal, the perpetrator bought drugs. After that, the suspect met another friend named Rahmadsyah.

He then asked Rahmadsyah to take the victim's car. The two of them went to Jalan Jermal, Medan City, to meet another friend at a shop. After parking the car, they then walked to the shop.

"While walking, IGL ordered Rahmadsyah to return to the car to pick up the mancis. At that time, Rahmadsyah was secured by the police," said the Medan Police Chief.

Not long ago, said Kombes Riko, the police arrested IGL. Then the police carried out developments by taking the suspect to Santos' house. Not yet arriving at Santos' house, precisely in the District of Medan Sunggal, the suspect reasoned that he wanted to urinate.

"When he wanted to be taken down from the perpetrator's car, he fought the police and tried to take our members' rifles," said Kombes Riko.

At the time of the incident the police had given a warning shot but the suspect ignored it. Eventually the police shot the suspect's body, causing him to die.

"The perpetrator fell and immediately the officers took him to the Bhayangkara Hospital in Medan to get first aid, but when he arrived at the Bhayangkara Hospital the perpetrator was declared dead," said the Medan Police Chief.