Before Being Found Dead By Drowning, IRT In Cengkareng Had Invited Husbands To Join In Throwing Himself

Evacuation officer of the body of a woman who committed suicide in Cengkareng, West Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - R (30) is a housewife (IRT) who was found dead floating on the surface of the Mookervart river, Bojong Kavling Bridge, Cengkareng, West Jakarta. According to information obtained, Tuesday, April 23, R deliberately wanted to end his life. He even had time to invite her husband to throw himself away.

"Before the drowning victim had invited her husband to throw (self) into the river together," said Cengkareng Police Chief Kompol Hasoloan Situmorang.

The police are still investigating R's motive for drowning. However, the victim's family has let R go in this incident.

Hasoloan Situmorang said that the cause of R's death was suspected to have drowned in that time. The reason, said Hasoloan, was that there were no signs of violence that occurred on the body of R. "The victim died allegedly because he drowned in the river," he said.

The victim drowned and was found dead. The discovery of the victim's body was discovered after the SAR team conducted a search in the Mookervart river.

"The victim was found floating on the surface of the river flow at the Bojong Kavling Bridge, at a radius of approximately 1.4 km from the scene," said Head of the Jakarta Basarnas as well as SAR Mission Coordinator (SMC) in the SAR operation, Desiana Kartika Bahari when confirmed, Tuesday, April 23.

Furthermore, the body of the female victim with the initials R was identified by the West Jakarta Metro Police DVI team.

The discovery of the victim's body was carried out after the joint SAR team divided the two search teams. The first team conducted an effort to search using a rubber boat by combing the Mookervart River up to a radius of 2 KM from the scene.

Then the second team carried out a visual search effort by land along the banks of the Mookervart River to the 1 KM radius of the incident location.