TNGGP Leave The Investigation Of The Finding Of A Body On Mount Gede To The Police

Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park officers and police officers evacuated the discovery of a corpse in the Leuit Salawe pilgrimage zone, Monday (18/9/2023). (ANTARA/Ahmad Fikri). (Ahmad Fikri)

CIANJUR - Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park Center (TNGGP) handed over the investigation to the police regarding the discovery of a man's body in the Gunung Gede area, precisely in the Leuit Salawe pilgrimage zone, Padaluyu Village, Cugenang District.

Head of the TNGGP Center, Sapto Aji Prabowo, said that the discovery of the body of an unidentified man was first reported to officers who came to the location. The corpse of a man who had decomposed was swallowed up in the jungle zone where there were many tall trees.

"The body was found not on the hiking trail but in the Suryakencana Square area. We cannot confirm whether it is pilgrims or climbers," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, September 18.

However, it is certain that the man's body was not a climber because since the climb was reopened, his party has never received a report of a climber missing or lost and has not come back down after climbing.

Especially when found, said Sapto, the victim was only wearing jeans and no climbing equipment was found around the location so the officers immediately evacuated and the victim's body was taken to the Cimacan Hospital for autopsy and post-mortem purposes.

"We fully submit the investigation to the police, but we are ready to assist and provide information when needed," he said.

Information gathered, the discovery of a man's body in the jungle zone which is also a pilgrimage zone for Leuit Salawe in a prone position without wearing a shirt, wearing only blue jeans when it was found that the body's condition had started to rot.

As of Monday (18/9) evening, the victim's body was still stored in the Cimacan Hospital's morgue, before the autopsy and post-mortem process was carried out by the police to determine the cause of death of the victim.