Arrested: TNI AL Member Linked to Boss’s Shooting on Jakarta-Merak Toll Road
In a significant development, the Joint Police Task Force has apprehended a key suspect believed to be involved in the fatal shooting of a boss of a car rental company on the Jakarta-Merak Toll Road (Tol Jakarta-Merak) at KM 45. The suspect, a member of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL), is currently being intensively interrogated at the Joint Police Task Force headquarters (Puspomal).
General Mayjen Yusri Nuryanto, the head of the Joint Police Task Force, confirmed the arrest. "The perpetrator has been apprehended and is currently undergoing intensive interrogation at Puspomal," he stated, as reported by Antara news agency. However, he did not disclose the identity of the TNI AL member or provide details about the arrest, nor the motive behind the shooting.
Meanwhile, the hunt for the perpetrators of the car rental boss’s murder continues. While the suspect’s identity has been established, further details on the chronology of the arrest and the case’s motive remain scarce.
Hunt for Perpetrators Ongoing
The police are still pursuing the suspects involved in the murder of the car rental boss in the Rest Area KM 45 of the Tangerang-Merak Toll Road. The head of the Criminal Investigations Unit (Satreskrim) of the Tangerang Police (Polresta Tangerang), Purba, revealed that they have identified the perpetrators through CCTV footage analysis.
"We have identified several suspects, and our Criminal Intelligence Unit is still in the field for the arrest process," he said, as reported by Antara. The police have also recovered evidence from the scene, including a Brio car in orange and a shotgun shell, and suspect that a pistol was used. Forensic ballistic testing has confirmed that the weapon used was a pistol, not an airsoft gun.
Earlier, it was reported that there were four suspects involved in the incident, according to the Chief of Police (Kapolresta) of Tangerang, Kombes Baktiar Joko Mujiono. He noted that the suspects arrived at the scene using two cars.
The investigation is ongoing, and more updates are expected to be released soon.
