THE Bacolod City Police Station 2 is still conducting a thorough investigation to identify the two persons who mauled and robbed an official of Bago City, Negros Occidental in Bacolod City on May 26, 2021.
Police Captain Paul Vincent Pendon, chief of Police Station 2, said on Sunday, May 30, 2021, that they are coordinating with the business establishment along Circumferential Road, Barangay Villamonte, Bacolod City to check the closed circuit television camera where the stolen vehicle of the victim was found abandoned in the area Friday afternoon.
Police identified the victim as Councilor Cleo Gaudite, 47, of Rafael Salas Drive, Barangay Balingasag, Bago City.
Pendon said they have no lead yet on the real identities of the assailants.
On Friday, the victim went to Police Station 2 and reported that he was mauled and robbed by two unidentified assailants inside the Imperial Court Wednesday afternoon.
The victim told police that he was driving his vehicle along 18th Lacson Street when two unidentified persons boarded his car and forced him to drive the vehicle toward Imperial Court in Barangay 16.
When they reached the area, the assailants mauled him and took his cellular phone worth P50,000, P7,000 cash, and identification cards.
The assailants also took the victim's car and used it as their getaway vehicle.
The victim sustained multiple injuries. He was brought to a hospital.
On Friday afternoon, the victim’s Mitsubishi Mirage vehicle was found on the Circumferential Road, Barangay Villamonte. The vehicle was locked and its front tire was flattened.
Police Lieutenant Andy Ofalia, deputy chief of Police Station 2, earlier said one of the assailants was identified as a certain Jun, 5'4" in height, wearing black t-shirt, short, a ballcap and face mask while the other one was also wearing a ball cap, face mask, pants, T-shirt and about 5'6" in height.