Police Investigate Cause Of Death Of Female Student Regiment Member In Hulu Sungai Tengah

Illustration of the body of a young woman in Hulu Sungai Tengah (Pixabay)

KALSEL - The Hulu Sungai Tengah Police continues to investigate the cause of death of the young woman R Safitri (20) whose body was found in a hut in Haliau Village, Batu Benawa District, South Kalimantan (South Kalimantan).

"The discovery of the woman's body occurred on Sunday (March 3) before breaking the fast," said the Head of the Hulu Police ST AKBP Sigit Hariyadi accompanied by the Head of Public Relations AKP Soebagio in Barabai Monday, March 4, reported Antara.

The girl's body was found by residents lying in a hut in the middle of the forest in the Hangkingkin area, Haliau Village, Batu Benawa District, or about 30 meters from the local road and far from residential areas.

When found, the condition of the body was wearing a black long shirt with pink sleeves, stretched out stiff and there were bleeding marks on the head.

Furthermore, around the victim's body, there were also many insects and in front of the hut there was a pair of shoes and a mask lying on the ground which allegedly belonged to the victim.

He added that the identity of the victim was known, namely a resident of Patarikan, Benjang District, North Hulu Sungai Regency, who had been reported by his family as a missing person to the police because he had not returned home since Saturday 2 April.

From the leaflets distributed by the family, the victim allegedly left the house on Saturday at around 15.00 central Indonesia time by using a red Scoopy vehicle with nopol DA 6459 UBF to meet a man who was in Kota Barabai.

However, after that, the victim did not return home, so information circulated regarding the victim's disappearance, until joint volunteers had time to go down to monitor along with the main cross-district road.

The police are currently investigating the cause of death and the victim has been evacuated to the mortuary at the H Damanhuri Barabai Hospital using the Murakata Volunteer Rescue ambulance unit.

From his IG R account, Safitri is also known to be a student from STIPER Amuntai and actively participates in self-defense and in the student regiment (menwa).