Online Taxi Driver Suspected Of Raping Nurse In Bogor Arrested By Police

Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Endra Zulpan/Antara

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya arrested an online taxi driver suspected of raping a passenger who works as a nurse.

"Polda Metro has secured the driver and has been investigated," said Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya Kombes Pol Endra Zulpan when confirmed, in Jakarta, Sunday. December 19.

According to Endra Zulpan, an online taxi driver suspected of being a rapist was arrested in the Bogor area, West Java. "When questioned, the driver denied that the incident was rape," he said.

Zulpan explained that the perpetrators argued that the incident was consensual. "He admitted that such an act was carried out, but according to him it was done consensual," said Zulpan.

However, the police will continue to process the case. The Polda Metro Jaya plans to transfer the case to the Bogor Resort Police because the location of the rape took place there. Previously, viral on social media on the Twitter account @ammarai_hc contained a tweet of an alleged rape by an online taxi driver to a nurse.

"Our nurse was raped by gocar's partner. We have reported it with the reporting number: 92760963 but it has not been responded to properly. Please be processed immediately to look for the perpetrator so that he is immediately arrested and does not cause other victims," the account tweeted on Thursday (17/12).

He also pinned the Twitter accounts @DIVHumas_Polri, @KomnasPerempuan, and @gojekindonesia in his tweets. His tweet also invited a reaction from the public so that the police in this case the Polda Metro Jaya intervened to handle this case. This was reported by Antara.