It Is Suspected That The Stress Of The Disease Does Not Increase, Market Traders Are Found To Be Self-Arrested In The Shophouse

Medical officers and police evacuated the bodies of market traders who were found hanging themselves in the shophouse/ Photo: Doc. Cilacap Police

CILACAP - A man with the initials M (41), a resident of Kuripan Kidul village, Kesugihan sub-district, Cilacap Regency, was found dead hanging himself in a hut behind the Wage market, Karangkandri Village. The body was found by residents on Thursday, December 15, at around 16.30 WIB.

Head of Public Relations of the Cilacap Police, Iptu Gatot Tri Hartanto, said that the discovery of the corpse began with one of the residents who smelled a pungent odor around the victim's selling stall.

"It turned out that the source of the smell came from the victim's stall. Then the witnesses tried to open the shop," said Gatot, Friday, December 16.

After the stall was successfully opened, it was found that the victim was already in a hanging position. Knowing the incident, the two witnesses reported it to the Kesugihan Police.

Gatot said, then the victim was carried out to process the crime scene (TKP) and the Cilacap Police Inafis Team and personnel from the Kesugihan Police.

According to information from local residents, the victim lived alone in the hut and once complained that the victim had kidney disease. It is suspected that the victim was under stress because his illness did not recover.