It Turns Out, Mbah Slamet Victims Also Drink Clonidin, High Blood Drug When Holding Rituals In Gardens

Central Java Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi/ Photo: Doc. Central Java Police

Central Java Police Chief Inspector General Ahmad Luthfi during a press conference regarding the development of a serial murder case in Banjarnegara, with the main actor Slamet Tohari alias Mbah Slamet (46) explaining, before the victims were killed, Mbah Slamet invited them to hold a money-multipling ritual in a garden in Wanayasa, Banjarnegara.

Mbah Slamet then tested the victim to swallow a tablet containing a clonedin before drinking cyanide.

"The victim was tested using the clone. If he is not sleepy, it will be successful and then given the cyanide. That can be strengthened by expert information," explained the Kapolda in a written statement, Thursday, April 6.

Regarding the scientific crime investigation carried out by the Central Java Police, the Head of Labfor Kombes Pol Slamet Iswanto said that his party had begun to identify the body at the Banjarnegara Police Station on Tuesday, April 4, 2023.

"The results were found, 2 powders (apotas) and two white tablets. Two positive apotas items contain cyanide potassium substances. Meanwhile, two tablets contain clones," he said

The Head of Labfor explained that Cyanide is a toxic compound that can cause death in body cells when swallowed. Meanwhile, clonidin is an antihypertension drug that inhibits the alpha-receptor of central work.

He explained that potassium cyanide is able to damage the destructive effects of cells in the body in a span of about 1 minute - 5 minutes. If swallowed up in large quantities, people can die in 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, based on the official medical website, Clonidine is a drug used to help deal with hypertension, reducing severe pain effects.

"Twelve victims were positive for cyanide. So it can be concluded that the victim died of cyanide," said the Head of Labfor

In practice, he continued, the two perpetrators used the two substances as a condition in the ritual of multiplying money. The perpetrators were asked to swallow the two substances.

"The use of the two types of pills is the modus operandi of the perpetrators," he concluded