Unable To See Her Daughter's Stomach Getting Bigger, The Mother Decides To Report To The Police Even Though She Knows It Was Her Husband Who Raped Her

The suspect was detained at the Cilacap Police Station for raping a 16 year old daughter who was then 4 months pregnant/Photo: Doc. Cilacap Police Station

CILACAP - A man with the initials S (40) in Cilacap, Central Java, has become a suspect in a rape case. Unfortunately, the victim is the suspect's biological daughter. As a result, the victim was 4 months pregnant. Deputy Head of Cilacap Police, Commissioner Suryo Wibowo said the perpetrator raped his daughter in March 2022.

Suryo explained. The suspect raped AS (16) at his home in Kampung Laut Subdistrict, Cilacap Regency, Central Java. Suryo said, at that time the perpetrator's wife caught her husband.

Due to panic, the perpetrator threatened his wife and child not to talk to other people regarding his depraved act.

However, Suryo continued, the wife could not bear the shame after finding out that her child was four months pregnant. She was forced to report her husband to the Cilacap Police.

Police officers received the report and launched an investigation. As a result, the perpetrator was arrested by officers and made a suspect with a number of evidences.

“The perpetrator was arrested by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Cilacap Police, after the police received a report from the victim's family. Then the witnesses were examined. From the results of the suspect's examination, he admitted his actions in the house," explained Commissioner Suryo through a written statement received by the editors, Thursday, June 2, evening.

The perpetrator is charged with Article 81 and Article 82 paragraph (1) of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 17 of 2016 with a maximum imprisonment of 15 (fifteen) years.