Investigation ordered
on ‘manhandling' case

Bacolod City Police officer-in-charge, Senior Supt. Celestino Guara, yesterday said that he has ordered an investigation on the allegation that Station 2 chief, Insp. Jeffrey Attunaga and his men Police Officers 2 Benjamin Jamora and Bienvinido Lombre manhandled the suspected car burglars they arrested Tuesday in the city.

Guara also encouraged the detainees to file complaints so the policemen could defend themselves.

Contacted by the DAILY STAR, Attunaga denied the allegations saying, that the detainees got their bruises when they climbed the roof of the houses in Brgy. 3 to evade arrest.

Jojo Arnaiz, 20, alias “Daku” and his 16-year-old brother claimed that they were hit with batons and were forced to admit they were responsible for a car burglary in the area of Station 2, where a .45 caliber pistol was stolen.

Their neighbor, Jimmy Silga, 47, of Purok Lubi, who was apprehended, along with Arnaiz and his brother after he allegedly helped them escape, claimed that he was also manhandled.

Silga said that he was made to kneel on salt and claimed that his face was covered with cellophane.

Attunaga reiterated they did not lay their hands on the detainees and, in fact, brought them to the hospital before they were detained. He also said they even prevented bystanders from mauling them after they were arrested on Tuesday.

Attunaga said Arnaiz and his brother should file formal complaints if they were, indeed, manhandled.

He said they were supposed to file robbery charges against Arnaiz and his companions yesterday after several hold-up victims came to identify them, but were not able to do so because they lack one affidavit from a complainant.

Like Attunaga, Jamora also denied the accusations of the detainees, saying that, as a warrant officer of their police station, he is always in the field.

Jamora said these detainees have already caused so much fear to many people in their area, because of their lawless activities.*APN

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IN KABANKALAN
2 wanted persons nabbed

Two wanted persons were arrested by the police in Kabankalan City , Negros Occidental, yesterday.

Subpoena and Warrant operatives led by SPO1 William Sablaon arrested Jojit Goco, 29, laborer and resident of Sitio San Jose, Brgy. Salong, Kabankalan, for attempted homicide, at about 12:35 p.m., a press release from the police unit under deputy chief of police, Insp. Nerito Lobrido, said.

The warrant of arrest was issued by Judge Cyclamen Fernandez of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities that had set P12,000 as bail for Goco, who failed to post it, the press release said.

Meanwhile, the Kabankalan police also apprehended for theft yesterday Teodoro Vargas, 55, of Sitio San Jose, Brgy. Salong.

The arrest warrant for Vargas was issued by Judge Henry Arles of the Regional Trial Court 6, Branch 61, in Kabankalan. Vargas was detained at the Kabankalan police station jail for failure to post the recommended P1,800 bail, the press release added.*

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House damaged by blaze

Fire hit a single-storey residence at about 2 p.m. yesterday in Brgy. Granada , Bacolod , reports from the Bureau of Fire protection said yesterday.

The BFP said it received a fire call from Patrol 117 through Police Officer 3 Adan Labrador of Station 5 informing them that the residence of Richard and Riza Tahan at Montelibano Street was ablaze.

Two fire trucks were immediately sent to the area and, with the help of the firemen of the Amity and Chamber fire volunteer brigades, the fire was put out at about 2:30 p.m.

Investigation conducted by Fire Officer 3 Cornelio Silva FO2 Joey Michael Victoriano showed that the fire originated from the kitchen of the house.

Silva and Victoriano, however, were still confirming the cause of the fire as of press time last night.

There were no reported injuries or casualties during the fire that reached second alarm status and caused about P10,000 in damages.*APN

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