Police Are Still Investigating The Motives For The Murder Of Fruit Traders At The Kramatjati Main Market

Kramat Jati Police Chief Kompol Tuti Aini shows a sickle used by Dede Jaya to persecute watermelon traders at Kramat Jati Main Market/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

The Kramatjati Police are still investigating the motive for Dede Jaya's murder (28) against Sutomo, a watermelon fruit trader at Kramatjati Market, East Jakarta in the early hours of Monday, January 8, at 01.00 WIB.

Kramat Jati Police Chief Kompol Tuti Aini said the suspect Dede Jaya was still undergoing investigation to reveal the exact motive for the stabbing and sprinkling of hard water that killed Sutomo, a watermelon trader.

"We are still investigating. Now, we are still investigating the motive (to reveal the motive)," said Kompol Tuti to VOI, Monday, January 8, evening.

Kompol Tuti also has not explained in detail where the sickle knife was used by the perpetrators to kill the victim's life. The police are also still developing the origin of the hard water used by the perpetrators to water the victim's face.

"We are still checking," he said.

Dede Jaya (28) could only surrender when members of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Kramatjati Police arrested him, Monday, January 8. The suspect was arrested while sleeping at his uncle's house in Pamulang.