Retail Gasoline Seller Burns Wife For Chatting With Other Ideal Men

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JAKARTA - Jali Kartono had the heart to burn his wife until she had 70 percent burns. Ironically, the action was carried out because Jali admitted that he was jealous after he found something on his wife's cellphone, Anie Melan.

Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the South Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Bintoro explained, the commotion in the household occurred at Jali's house on Jalan Haryono IV, Pondong Pinang Village, Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, Tuesday, November 28, at 14.50 WIB.

The incident began when Jali saw a message on his wife's cellphone with another man. Suddenly Jali was bleeding, he was jealous. Without thinking, the retail gasoline trader immediately took a bottle of his merchandise and immediately poured his wife into the fire.

"After the fire, there was a witness who helped, helped using a wet sarong and was covered in the victim," Bintoro told reporters at the South Jakarta Metro Police, Monday, December 4.

After the incident, the perpetrator fled to his neighbor's house. However, the perpetrator was finally arrested on Friday, December 1, 2023. Meanwhile, the victim was taken to the RSCM, Central Jakarta.

For the person concerned (the perpetrator) hid in his neighbor's house. So he fled to his neighbor. Instead of running away outside the area. Arrested on December 1,' he said.

"The victim is still being treated at the RSCM because he suffered 70 percent serious burns," he added.