Polda Metro Says The Motive Of Pratu Sahdi's Beating In Penjaringan Misunderstood, Perpetrators Didn't Come To Look For TNI Members

Case release at the Metro Jaya Police Headquarters (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Polda Metro Jaya stated that the motive for the beating that caused Pratu Sahdi (22) to die was just a misunderstanding. Because, the perpetrators did not know Pratu Sahdi who is a member of the Army (AD).

"If the motive is suspected to be a misunderstanding, because between members of the TNI soldiers who were victims and the perpetrators there has never been a problem before," said Director of General Crime Investigation of the Metro Jaya Police Kombes Tubagus Ade Hidayat to reporters, Tuesday, January 18.

Based on the results of the investigation, the perpetrators came to the location of the incident in Pluit Reservoir, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, to look for other people. However, at that time Pratu Sahdi was at the location.

Thus, the misunderstanding led to a dispute between the perpetrator and Pratu Sahdi.

"It's not that he (the perpetrator, ed) is looking for TNI members, but TNI members happened to be there. So the motivation was a dispute at the scene," said Tubagus.

In this case, the police have also arrested 4 perpetrators, 3 of whom have been named suspects. However, the police are still hunting for the other suspects. Where, the alleged perpetrators are strongly suspected of being the ones who did the stabbing.

Pratu Sahdi became the victim of a beating on Jalan Rusun Muara Batu, Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Sunday, January 16, at around 03.00 WIB.

The beating was said to have been triggered by the perpetrators looking for the Kupang group. In fact, not only Pratu Sahdi who became victims. Because, two other people were also targeted by the perpetrators.