Perpetrators Of Mutilation Of Wife In Ciamis Depression, Police Decide To Enter Cisarua Hospital

The police brought the suspect in the mutilation case to undergo a psychiatric examination at the Ciamisi Police Station, West Java, Monday (6/5/2024). (ANTARA/Adeng Bustomi)

CIAMIS - Ciamis Resort Police (Polres) revealed that the results of the examination by a psychiatrist doctor stated that the suspect in the case of mutilation against his wife had depression so he had to be referred to undergo treatment at the Cisarua Mental Hospital (RSJ), Bandung.

"The psychiatric doctor said, it is necessary to observe because he is depressed, for light weight it cannot be ascertained, later there will be a referral letter that must be submitted to the Cisarua Mental Hospital," said Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Ciamis Police, Adjunct Commissioner of Police Joko Prihatin to reporters in Ciamis, Tuesday, May 7, confiscated by Antara.

He said the Ciamis Police involved a psychiatrist from the Ciamis Hospital to check the mental condition of Tarsum (51), a suspect in the mutilation case of his wife Yanti (40) at his home in Sindangjaya Hamlet, Cisontrol Village, Rancah District, Ciamis, on Friday, May 3.

The results of the psychiatric specialist's examination stated that the suspect had to undergo observation at a mental hospital which was estimated to take about 14 days to determine his mental condition further.

"The psychiatric doctor from the Ciamis Hospital stated that the perpetrator will be referred to a mental hospital for further observation so that later determine whether or not the legal process is feasible," he said.

He conveyed that the results of observations at the mental hospital would be the basis for discussions with the prosecutor's office regarding further legal handling of the suspect of mutilation.

During the psychiatric examination and while in the detention cell, Joko continued, the suspect tended to be silent and only spoke when asked, the rest were more silent.

Meanwhile, when asked by a psychiatrist, sometimes the suspect can be spoken to properly. However, suddenly the suspect asked about his family's condition, also asked about the whereabouts of his wife who was a victim of mutilation.

"That's why it takes future observations of his psyche, maybe he's hit, shaken, needs observation," he said.

Previously, the Ciamis Police examined a number of witnesses and the victim's children, and named Tarsum as a suspect in the case of his wife's mutilation at his home in Sindangjaya Hamlet, Cisontrol Village, Rancah District, Ciamis, on Friday, May 3 morning.

The heinous act made the local community excited until finally the police arrested the suspect and took him to the Rancah Police Headquarters, along with securing evidence in the form of a knife used to mutilate the victim.