Alleged robber dies after drinking insecticide
Alleged robber dies after drinking insecticide
JAKARTA (JP): An alleged robber, who tried to commit suicide
Thursday after a man died during a bungled robbery at Naga super
store in Pondok Gede Plaza, Bekasi, died early yesterday.
The body of 20-year-old Rohimin has been sent to Cipto
Mangunkusumo General Hospital in Central Jakarta for a postmortem
examination.
Medical staff from the Intensive Care Unit of Kramat Jati
Police Hospital in East Jakarta had tried to save the man, who
had swallowed liquid insecticide.
Rohimin, an employee in the store's packaging division, was
found dying on the floor about 50 meters away from the body of
Hayat, 45, the head of the store's finance division.
Hayat was found dead with a plastic rope tied around his neck.
A preliminary report indicates that Rohimin may have been
inside the store when Hayat, the only employee who had a key,
arrived to open the store Thursday morning.
It is also possible that Hayat allowed Rohimin into the store,
but the latter was believed to have killed him.
City police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said Rohimin
panicked and was afraid of the consequences he would face for the
alleged robbery and murder, so he tried to commit suicide by
drinking the insecticide.
He said Rohimin was believed to have planned the robbery but
police have not ruled out another motive behind his actions.
Rohimin's brother, Niman, 35, denied the allegations
yesterday, saying that his brother would never have robbed the
store.
"Rohimin was a calm boy. He was the gentlest in our family. He
was a devout Moslem and usually cited the Koran after returning
from work," Niman, a construction worker, said.
He said his brother never complained that he was treated badly
by his supervisors, including Hayat.
Rohimin, who had worked at the store for about four months,
graduated from the SMA 105 state senior high school in East
Jakarta two years ago.
His body is to be buried in Cipayung or Pondok Rangon
cemeteries in East Jakarta today, Niman said. (09/emf)