Police: Status Of Bharada E Is Still Under Investigation For Shooting Brigadier J To Defend Himself And His Superior's Wife

The Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) of the National Police, Brigadier General Pol. Ahmad Ramadhan (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - An official from the Public Relations Division of the National Police Headquarters has declared the status of Bharada E, who is suspected of shooting his colleague Brigadier J at the house of the Head of the Propram Division, Inspector General of Police. Ferdy Sambo is being investigated, because the shooting was carried out as an effort to defend himself as well as to defend his superior's wife.

Bharada E shot Brigadier J after the incident of harassment against the wife of the Head of the Propam and Propam division, Putri Ferdy Sambo, at her residence at the Duren Tiga Police Complex Number 46, Pancoran area, South Jakarta on Friday, July 8 at around 17.00 WIB.

"Currently, we are still conducting an investigation, the status has not been informed, because the position is that anyone who receives such a threat must defend himself, so instead of committing an act for other motives, the motive is to defend himself and defend his mother (wife of the Propam Head of Division). ," said the Head of the Public Information Bureau (Karopenmas) of the National Police, Brigadier General Pol. Ahmad Ramadhan told reporters at the Jakarta Police Headquarters, Monday night.

Ramadhan said the results of the investigation of the crime scene, examination of the witnesses obtained information that Bharada E had shot five times, while Brigadier General J had shot seven times.

However, there were seven gunshot wounds to Brigadier J's body, including slashes. According to Ramadhan, of the five shots, there were shots that hit two parts of Brigadier J's body, while the slash came from a single projectile bullet that hit his body.

Meanwhile, of the seven shots fired by Brigadier J, none of them hit Bharada E. Ramadhan said this was because Bharada E's position was on the stairs and was protected.

“Brigadier J had seven shots, Bharada E had five. From Bharada E, five were shooting at Brigadier J," said Ramadhan, quoted from ANTARA.

Regarding the use of firearms by Bharada E and Brigadier J, Ramadhan said this was permissible considering that both of them were assigned to guard police officers. Bharada E as a bodyguard attached to the Head of the Propam Police Division, Inspector General Pol. Ferdy Sambo, while the late Brigadier J served as a driver for the wife of the Propam Head of Division.

"He (Bharada E) was assigned to security, so Bharada E's job was to protect the family (Head of Propam Division)," said Ramadhan.

This case is still being investigated by the National Police's Propam Division, while the criminal incident is handled by the South Jakarta Police, according to the location of the case in the Duren Tiga area, South Jakarta.

Meanwhile, Brigadier J's body has been returned to his parents' house in Jambi for burial.