Burning In-laws' House In Bontoala Makassar Triggered By Heartache, The Perpetrator Had Sent A Message To His Wife: Check CCTV What I Did

Bontoala Police Commissioner Muhammad Idris (center) was accompanied by his staff when the case was released for the burning of the house on Monday (29/4/2024). ANTARA/Darwin Fatir.

The Bontoala Police Resmob unit team arrested the perpetrator with the initials SA (26) for the attempted burning of his father-in-law's house which was caught on CCTV on Jalan Satangngga Lorong 131 on Friday, April 26, 2024 at around 02.00 WITA in Bontoala District, Makassar, South Sulawesi. "The motive of the perpetrator is revenge and this is a family issue, there is a slight offense from the perpetrator against the victim," said Bontoala Police Chief Kompol Muhammad Idris when releasing the case by presenting the suspect at the local police station, Antara, Monday, April 29. The arrest of the perpetrator was carried out after an approach was carried out with the victim's family and was ready to meet the perpetrator on Jalan Urip Sumoharjo, precisely under the Makassar flyover. Furthermore, the police secured him and then taken him to the Bontoala Police Station for questioning. The results of the investigation, this case began on Thursday, April 25, 2024 when the perpetrator came to the house to look for his wife after the fight. There was also the victim's aunt at the location. However, the perpetrator felt angry and disappointed that it was suspected that the family did not allow him to meet his wife. Because he still felt angry and remembered all the actions his wife had done, the perpetrator then called his cell phone to meet, but the victim did not want to answer and then turned off the phone call. The perpetrator had sent a message to his wife which contained 'Just check what CCTV I did.' And in the early hours of Friday, the perpetrator took a jerry can in an empty warehouse near his house and monitored the situation, then bought gasoline on Jalan Kandea by riding a motorcycle. After buying gasoline, he returned to his father-in-law Fenny Gowarto's house by parking his motorbike next to the victim's house, then walked out of the alley (gang) to see the situation outside while looking for a cardboard to burn the house. The perpetrator then poured gasoline in front of the terrace of the victim's house and then burned the carton with a match and then lit up an area doused with gasoline, after lighting up the perpetrator rushed to leave the scene on his motorbike. The action was caught on surveillance cameras or CCTV. Luckily, the fire only burned a number of items in front of the terrace of the victim's house and did not spread to the houses of other residents who were close to each other. "This incident was spontaneously carried out by the perpetrator because he was offended. Thank God, we saw that the suspect was cooperative with nature. There was already evidence and witnesses. We are waiting for the rest of the investigation and in the near future P21 (complete file)," he told reporters. The evidence confiscated was a jerry can, a black jacket, a helmet, a long jeans, several blocks and sandals that had caught fire.

"The perpetrator is suspected of committing a crime that poses a danger to the general security of humans or goods under suspicion as referred to in articles 187 paragraphs 1 and 2 with a threat of 15 years in prison," he asserted. When asked what the motive for doing this, he said, his wife's family was often evicted and even offended by the words of his wife's family. However, he regrets doing this.