Robbery victim under arrest

JAKARTA (JP): Businessman Ari Sutanto was put in police custody after being held for questioning on Wednesday for fatally shooting a man who had tried to rob him, an officer said on Thursday.

"Police did not see any signs of self-defense in the incident," South Jakarta Police detective chief Comr. Napoleon Bonaparte said, adding that Ari could be charged with murder.

He also said that Ari, a resident of Lebak Bulus, held a license for the pistol he had used in the shooting.

Ari shot dead one of four men who tried to rob him in the early hours of Wednesday in front of a Bank Central Asia (BCA) ATM booth in Pondok Indah, South Jakarta. He stated that he and his girlfriend had been surrounded by four men, one of them pointing a sickle at them. (emf)