Steel Factory Employee In Tangerang Found Dead Hanging On Jackfruit Tree

Police and medical officers evacuated the victim's body who hanging himself in Tangerang/ Photo: Doc. Banten Police

TANGERANG - Balaraja Police, Tangerang Police, evacuated bodies from hanging themselves in Ciapus Village, Cangkudu Village, Balaraja District, Tangerang Regency.

Balaraja Police Chief Kompol Yudha Hermawan said the 30-year-old man's body was found in Cangkudu Village, Balaraja.

"It is true that the body of a hanged man with the initials KR (30) has been evacuated in Ciapus Village, Cangkudu Village, Balaraja District, Tangerang Regency," Yudha explained in a written statement, Sunday night, September 18.

According to information, the body of KR was first found by BS (53) in the morning around 07.00 WIB. BS at that time wanted to go to the garden to look for cassava.

"The victim was found by brother BS at around 07.00 when he was going to the cassava plantation. Then when he was about to go to the hut to look for sacks, BS saw a man already hanging from a jackfruit tree. Next to it is a motorbike under a tree. Then, BS contacted MR, the local neighborhood head," said Yudha.

Based on the testimony of the witness, continued Yudha, the victim was a worker at a company in Balaraja District.

“Based on the testimony of witness IM, who is a friend of the victim and the head of the PUK FSPMI trade union, PT. Swarna Baja Pacific, said that the victim was a member of PUK FSPMI and worked at PT. Swarna Baja Pacific Balaraja, the victim came to work at 08.00 WIB (shift 1), at 19.00. The victim attended a meeting at the company with the PUK FSPMI management then returned home from the company at 23:00. Then at 01.00, the victim's wife called asking where the victim was not coming home and the next day she was found hanging," he explained.

Yudha also added that when it was found the victim was wearing a white shirt, the PT. Pacific Steel.

“When the victim was found wearing a white shirt, the PUK FSPMI PT. Swarna Baja Pacific, and wearing blue levis pants, around the scene found 1 unit of Honda Supra motorcycle with police number B 6095 NHQ and a wallet with the ID card, driver's license belonging to the victim, as well as a bamboo ladder that allegedly used by the victim to climb into a tree, as well as a rope for hanging I use red cloth," he explained.

After receiving reports from local residents, Balaraja Police personnel immediately headed to the scene for the evacuation of victims and further investigation.

"At 08.00 we received a report from local residents about the discovery of a hanging body, immediately our party came to the scene to conduct crime scene processing and evacuate victims, because the crime scene is in the middle of the plantation and far from settlements and roads," explained Yudha.