JAKARTA - The Tasikmalaya Regional Police has revealed the motive for the perpetrator of kidnapping a two-month-old baby in Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, for the purpose of exploiting his mother in various ways, including meeting material needs.
"It is suspected that the purpose of the suspect in kidnapping the baby is so that the suspect can still take advantage of the baby's mother or in any case including material," said Acting Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Tasikmalaya Police, Ipda Agus Yusup Suryana, at a press conference to reveal the case of kidnapping a baby in Tasikmalaya, Monday, quoted by Antara.
He said, the Tasikmalaya Police had named a suspect in the kidnapping case, namely the initials WD (38) a resident of Cianjur Regency who kidnapped a two-month-old baby by snatching him from his mother in the area of the Great Mosque of Singaparna, Tasikmalaya, Friday, February 6.
The victim's mother, a resident of Padakembang District, Tasikmalaya, he said, had always been a victim of extortion, such as asking for money from the suspect, until finally kidnapping the baby to be used as an extortion tool.
"In addition to wanting to have victims, they also want to take advantage of the victim's property or money," he said.
He revealed that the suspect took the baby out of the city of Cianjur Regency by snatching it from his mother, and threatened to throw the baby if he screamed and reported to the police.
"Until now, the victim has always obeyed what the suspect asked for, including when the baby was taken, the victim could not take action such as asking for help because of fear that something would happen to the baby.
"Since the beginning of acquaintance on social media, this suspect has the ability to influence the baby's mother's psyche, so that the baby's mother always follows whatever the suspect wants," he said.
But finally the victim realized and reported the kidnapping to the Tasikmalaya Police until finally less than 24 hours managed to find the whereabouts of the perpetrator, and the baby was safe.
The suspect is now in the detention cell of the Tasikmalaya Police for further legal proceedings and charged with Article 452 of the Indonesian Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning Criminal Law with a threat of six years in prison.
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