PADANG - The Padang City Police, West Sumatra found new facts regarding the death of a man named Deki (28) who was found hanging himself in Kuranji, Padang, Friday, April 22. Deki was known to have been beaten by a number of people.
"Initially the victim was suspected of committing suicide, but after investigators conducted a preliminary investigation of the crime scene (TKP), a number of suspicions were found," said Padang City Police Chief Kombes Imran Amir when giving a press statement in Padang, Antara, Tuesday, April 26.
He said that at that time the team found bruises all over the victim's body which was found hanging from a rambutan tree.
Finding these findings, investigators finally coordinated with the Forensic Team of the West Sumatra Police Bhayangkara Hospital to conduct an autopsy. "While waiting for the autopsy results, investigators will continue to explore the case and examine a number of witnesses as needed," he said.
From there, Imran continued, it was finally found that Deki was allegedly molested by five perpetrators before hanging himself.
The persecution was triggered by Deki, who is suspected of having taken a smartphone belonging to one of the families of the perpetrators of the persecution. He was then visited by the perpetrators to his house and asked to return the gadget that had been taken.
"Then the victim ran away from his house, after a while the victim was found hanging," he said.
From the results of the investigation into the case, the police arrested as many as 5 people who were suspected of molesting Deki together before being found hanging.
They are RH (25), RG (30), ZH (47), FJ (20), and EF (26) who are all residents of Kuranji, Padang City.
The police are currently waiting for the results of a forensic autopsy to find out whether the victim had died before being hanged or vice versa.
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