Wife Remembers Ride-Hailing Driver Murdered by Robber: Loving Family Man, Never Angry

An online motorcycle taxi (ojol) driver named Agus Tedjo Prabowo (40) was murdered and his motorcycle stolen in Kosambi, Tangerang, Banten. His wife, Popi, remembered Agus Tedjo as a man who deeply loved his family.

“My husband was loving towards his wife and children, gentle, never angry,” said Popi on Friday (17/7).

She said her husband was also frequently kind to strangers. Popi feels an immense loss at his death.

“He was attentive and caring towards family, friends, and even people he didn’t know,” she said.

She said that on the day of the incident, her husband had been forced to sleep at an ojol base camp in the Kosambi area because he was exhausted and needed to rest before heading home. Popi received news of her husband’s death from one of his fellow ojol drivers.

“That night he was supposed to come home, but he was tired and fell asleep,” she said.

She hopes her husband’s killer will be punished as severely as possible. “Ya Allah, punish the perpetrator as severely as possible. We, the family, hope for justice for the deceased,” she pleaded.

Suspect Charged with Premeditated Murder

Police have named Rahmat Dimas as a suspect and detained him in connection with the murder and motorcycle theft of the ojol driver in Kosambi, Tangerang. Rahmat Dimas has been charged under articles covering premeditated murder and theft with violence.

“The charges are premeditated murder and/or murder and/or theft with violence resulting in death,” said Head of Public Relations for the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police, Senior Commissioner Budi Hermanto, on Wednesday (15/7).

“As stipulated in Article 459 and/or Article 458 and/or Article 479 Paragraph 3 of Law Number 1 of 2023 on the Criminal Code,” he added.

Ojol Driver Killed in Robbery

Police revealed that Rahmat Dimas was caught in the act by the victim as he attempted to take his motorcycle key. The incident occurred on Sunday (12/7) at around 03.50 Western Indonesia Time, in Dadap, Kosambi, Tangerang Regency.

At the time, the victim was asleep at an online motorcycle taxi post. The suspect then spotted the victim and tried to take the motorcycle key from his pocket.

“The incident began when the victim was asleep at the online motorcycle taxi post. The suspect, seeing the situation, immediately took the motorcycle key from the victim’s pocket,” read a statement from the Motor Vehicle Theft Sub-Directorate of the Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Greater Jakarta Metropolitan Police on its Instagram account, quoted on Wednesday (15/7).

The victim woke up and caught the suspect in the act. Rahmat Dimas then drew a knife he was carrying and stabbed the victim in the neck.

The suspect immediately fled with the victim’s motorcycle and mobile phone. Police subsequently launched a manhunt for Rahmat Dimas.