Police Arrest Perpetrators Of Water Water Water Watering To Teachers Until Blind In Karawang

Kasatreskrim Karawang Police, AKP Arief Bastomy. (ANTARA/Ali Khumaini)

The Karawang Resort Police, West Java, arrested a perpetrator of sprinkling hard water on a vocational high school teacher named Eli Chuherli, resulting in blindness.

"Alhamdulillah, finally the officers were arrested when they left their hiding place in the Telukjambe Timur area today," said Head of Criminal Investigation Unit of the Karawang Police, AKPArief Bastomy, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, July 12.

The perpetrator who was arrested had the initials North Sulawesi's ADalias who was also a business partner of the victim.

Arief said that so far the perpetrator had deliberately run and hid from the police by moving from place to place.

"When he came out of his hiding place in the Telukjambe Timur area, the perpetrator was finally arrested," he said.

Based on the confession of the perpetrator, said Kasatreskrim, the pouring of hard water on SMK teachers was planned the day before taking action or on May 22, 2023.

"So before launching an act of persecution against the victim, the perpetrator first planned by buying chemicals (hard water) at a shop in the Johar Market area," he said.

After buying chemicals, the perpetrator made up his determination to carry out severe persecution by pouring hard water on the victim's face.

"The perpetrator has admitted all his actions," continued Arief,

To account for his actions, the perpetrator was charged with Article 351 paragraph 2 in conjunction with Article 354 paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code with a maximum imprisonment of eight years.