JAKARTA - Police have arrested four individuals believed to be the intellectuals behind the premeditated murder of Mohamad Ilham Pradipta (37), the branch manager of a state-owned bank, who was found dead with his eyes covered with black duct tape in the Cikarang area, West Java. However, the police have not yet publicly revealed the motive for the murder.
As the arrest of the perpetrators of Mohamad Ilham Pradipta's murder progressed, speculation arose on social media. One even circulated that Mohamad Ilham Pradipta's death was linked to the disclosure of a fictitious loan worth billions of rupiah.
The Instagram account @fyiindonesian posted a post alleging that Mohamad Ilham Pradipta was attempting to expose the issue of a fictitious loan worth IDR 13 billion at the Cempaka Putih branch office.
The @fyiindonesian account also wrote that information circulating on TikTok on Friday, August 22, 2025, suggested that the motive for the murder stemmed from resentment from one of the perpetrators toward the victim.
The account stated that the perpetrator and victim were former colleagues at the state-owned bank. However, the perpetrator has since resigned from his job.
"It is suspected that the victim was aware of the perpetrator's fraudulent loan practices, which sparked a personal grudge that led to the kidnapping and murder," the account wrote, as quoted on Monday, August 25, 2025.
Meanwhile, the Silampost account also stated that Muhammad Iham Pradipta was the victim of a kidnapping and murder because he wanted to expose an alleged Rp13 billion fictitious loan.
In response, the Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the East Jakarta Metro Police, AKBP Dicky, explained that there were three possible main motives in this case.
Economic motives, related to financial gain or fictitious loans. Personal grudges, such as the perpetrator's resentment towards the victim. Work-related motives, such as suspected internal conflicts at work.
"However, everything is still under further investigation. The motive is still unclear," explained Dicky.
Currently, the Jakarta Metro Police have arrested eight perpetrators in the kidnapping and murder of victim Mohamad Ilham Pradipta.
Four individuals with the initials AT, RS, RAH, and RW, also known as Eras, were involved in the kidnapping of the victim.
Four other individuals with the initials C, DH, YJ, and AA were the intellectuals involved in the kidnapping and murder of Mohamad Ilham Pradipta.
The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)
