Ex-army arrested for 2016 rape case

A retired army sergeant was arrested in Isabela Saturday over rape charges filed in 2016, a police report disclosed on Tuesday.

Police identified the suspect as Alfonso Bungag, 44, who was previously named respondent in a rape case filed in August 2016 before the City Prosecutor’s Office of Quezon City.

Bungag allegedly forced his victim to come with him in a motel in Quezon City where she was allegedly abused. He evaded arrest after a case has been filed, authorities said.

Members of the Regional Special Operations Unit in Metro Manila said they received a tip from an undisclosed informant who claimed Bungag was about to board a bus from Tuguegarao City in Cagayan bound for Manila.

Police later set up a checkpoint, in coordination with the local authorities of Barangay Magsaysay in Naguilian, Isabela, which led to the arrest of the suspect.

Bungag was previously assigned at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City. /jpv