The End Of Otang's Escape That Killed His Aunt In Garut, Tortured His Nephew And Stealed A Motorcycle

The police showed evidence and suspects in the theft and murder case at the Garut Police Headquarters, West Java, Friday (25/5/2024). ANTARA/Feri Purnama

Garut Resort Police arrested a fugitive in a theft and murder case against a housewife in Cikajang District, Garut Regency, West Java, who fled to Ketapang, West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan). "This perpetrator was on the run, and finally we from the Garut Police, assisted by the Ketapang Police, managed to find the suspect in the Ketapang area, West Kalimantan," said Head of the Garut Police Criminal Investigation Unit AKP Ari Rinaldo during a press conference on the disclosure of the case in Garut, Antara, Friday, May 24. The police arrested Otang (31) while working as a tofu factory worker in the Ketapang area, Monday, May 20. They were then taken to the Garut Police Headquarters to undergo further legal examination. The escape of Otang, said Ari, after stealing a motorcycle and killing a woman who was Neneng's own aunt (53) in Cikajang District, Garut, Thursday night. Otang also abused a girl who was the child of the victim until she was injured and had to undergo medical treatment at the hospital. "This suspect, not only killed, but also abused the victim's child, after that he fled with the victim's motorbike," he said. Ari said the suspect's action began to take the victim's motorbike, but the victim did not give it, then there was an argument that caused the suspect to persecute the victim using a stone codek until he died. After that, the victim fled to the Ciamis area to sell his stolen motorbike, then went to Jakarta, until finally he went outside the island to the Ketapang area, West Kalimantan to work as a tofu factory worker. "After arresting the perpetrators, we also secured other evidence such as a motorbike stolen by the perpetrator," he said. Ari conveyed that the disclosure of the case was the result of cooperation, and assistance from the Ketapang Police who participated in searching for the whereabouts of the perpetrators in the area. He expressed his gratitude to the Ketapang Police, so that the perpetrators could be arrested and taken to the Garut Police Station to account for their actions. "Thanks to the assistance from the Ketapang Police, the position of the perpetrator was finally known, and was immediately arrested," he said.

As a result of his actions, the suspect was charged with Article 365 and 338 of the Criminal Code along with the Child Protection Act with the threat of a maximum imprisonment of 20 years.