Three arrested for robbery, rape in Bekasi
Three arrested for robbery, rape in Bekasi
JAKARTA (JP): Local police detectives have arrested three of the five suspects believed to have robbed a Bekasi poultry breeding farm manager in the small village of Cimuning, Bantar Gebang, in Bekasi, over 30 kilometer east of here.
"All of them were shot in the legs while trying to run away from officers," head of the Bekasi police precinct, Lt. Col. Elfrizo Tobing, said here yesterday.
According to City Police spokesman Lt. Col. Iman Haryatna, the three were identified as Salim, 46, Marsani, alias Bagong, 34, and Pandi, 36.
"The other two, whose identities are known to us, are still being hunted by a special team," Iman said. They were identified only as Ich and Nem.
The five-member gang was being hunted for its alleged role in the pre-dawn robbery at the house of the farm manager, Yanto Subianto, 40, at Cimuning village on Tuesday.
The robbers, some of whom were wearing masks, broke into the house after overwhelming the security guard.
They threatened to kill Yanto if he resisted or shouted for help. He was then tied up and locked inside a bathroom.
The men ransacked Yanto's private office before stealing 280 grams of jewelry and Rp 1 million in cash.
News reports said earlier that one of the robbers, later identified as Ich, also raped Yanto's wife, Yani, 26, in front of their child.
Police forensic scientists found traces of sperm on the bed but a reliable police source said that it belonged to Yanto, who had had sex with his wife just before the robbery took place.
"Based on preliminary investigations, we believe that it was only sexual assault by Ich," Iman said, adding that one of those arrested said that Ich ejaculated prematurely and so was unable to copulate.
"However we have to wait for the other two fugitives to be caught and the final analysis made by the forensic experts."
Salim and Bagong were apprehended by local detectives, who were on a routine patrol near the border area of Bekasi and East Jakarta in the early hours of Thursday, officer Tobing said.
"When the detectives, driving in a car, tried to get closer to a passing Kijang minibus, the driver of the minibus accelerated," Tobing said.
After the detectives' car blocked the Kijang, the four passengers got out of the car and ran away quickly. It was at this point that they were shot in the legs. Police later found them hiding nearby.
After a brief investigation, police found evidence that the four had just robbed a home of a housewife in the nearby small village of Kampung Pekopen, in Desa Lambang Jaya in Tambun.
According to the victim, Mrs. Rindit, 45, the four robbers broke into her house, tied her up, and took her Kijang minibus, 100 grams of golden jewelry, Rp 3 million in cash and household goods, including a television set and radio.
During police questioning, it emerged that two of the suspects, Salim and Bagong, were members of the wanted Cimuning's robbery gang.
The other two were identified as Ujang, 31, and Lili, 25.
Based on their newly-acquires information, police then arrested Pandi, another suspect in the Cimuning's case at his hiding place in Bekasi.
"He was also the first one who broke into the house by putting the ladder at the window," the spokesman said.
Both Tobing and Iman said that police are still investigating for the alleged roles of the gang in other robberies.(bsr)