Body With Mole On Neck Rescued By BPBD From Batang Tapakih River, West Sumatra

A number of BPBD personnel from Pariaman City, West Sumatra, brought the bodies found by fishermen at sea. (ANTARA/Special)

SUMBAR - Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) Pariaman City, evacuated the bodies found by fishermen at sea, about two miles from the coast in Gabuo Payang or between Tangah Island and Bando Island.

The body is a resident of Nagari Tapakih, Ulakan Tapakih District, Padang Pariaman Regency, named Ade Maulana (19) who was swept away in the Batang Tapakih River on Sunday, June 12, at around 14.00 WIB.

"At around 08.00 WIB, a fisherman called and reported that he had found a body", said Head of the Pariaman City BPBD Emergency Division, Jasman Amin in Pariaman, West Sumatra, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, June 14.

After receiving this information, his party deployed four BPBD members and one ship to pick them up at a distance of about 30 minutes to the location.

After arriving at Pariaman Beach, the body was taken to Pariaman Hospital for identification by the family.

The guardian of Korong Batang Gadang, Nagari Tapakih Ismail, confirmed that the body was that of a resident named Ade who has swept away in the river on Sunday, June 12.

"After looking at the characteristics, we made sure it was indeed our residents", he said.

He mentioned the characteristics of the corpse, namely wearing a black striped shirt, a mole on the neck, and other physical forms.

The family asked Pariaman Hospital to clean the corpse and carry out the funeral services. After that, the family will take the body to the funeral home for burial.