Revenge Of Substitute Sister Reported To Police For Stealing Palm Oil, Head Of RT In OKU Killed

OKU Police held a press release to reveal a murder case on Monday. (ANTARA/Edo Purmana)

BATURAJA - Satreskrim Polres Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU), South Sumatra revealed the motive for the sadistic murder of the victim Wawansyah (52) at the Kisam Bridge, Lubuk Batang District, due to dendam.

OKU Police Chief AKBP Imam Zamroni through the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit, Iptu Redho Agus Suhendra, said that based on the results of the investigation of the suspect, it was revealed that the sadistic murder was carried out because of revenge motives.

Previously, the victim reported the suspect's sister to the police on suspicion of stealing palm oil in an oil palm plantation guarded by the victim.

"The case actually ended peacefully. However, the suspect, who had already felt hurt towards the victim who had previously beaten his younger brother who was caught stealing palm fruit a few days before the incident," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 3.

On the day of the murder, the suspect Rumidi sent a WhatApp voice note message to the victim who pretended to ask the victim to push his motorbike that broke down in the Kisam Bridge area.

The victim, who has absolutely no feeling that he will experience the tragic fate, agreed to meet the suspect at the crime scene.

Arriving at the scene, the suspect, who had been burned with anger, immediately approached the victim and stabbed a sharp weapon until the victim died with nine stab wounds all over his body.

After finishing off the victim, the suspect immediately fled from the crime scene until finally surrendered to the police a few hours after the murder took place.

"After conducting a series of investigations, the police managed to make arrests through a persuasive approach with the suspect's family," he said.

"The suspect was charged with Article 340 of the Criminal Code or 338 of the Criminal Code with the threat of the death penalty," said the Head of Criminal Investigation Unit.