MANILA, Philippines — Two Indian nationals were arrested in Parañaque City for robbing and shooting a fellow Indian early Tuesday morning, the Southern Police District (SPD) said.
According to reports from SPD, the two suspects who were identified as Manpreet Signh alias ‘Ricky’, 22, and Mandeep Singh alias ‘Jimmy’, 33, declared a hold-up and robbed the victim last Sunday in Las Piñas City.
The victim said that he tried to resist but one of the suspects shot him in the lower back of his body, fleeing with the victim’s cash worth around P20,000. The two used a black Yamaha Sniper motorcycle.
After the victim sought the help of authorities in Las Piñas, police checked the closed-circuit television cameras along Guyabano Street and Marcos Alvarez Avenue, where the suspects were seen riding the said motorcycle. But after reaching the Las Piñas Medical Center, one of the suspects alighted and rode a taxi instead.
From there, police talked to several witnesses and tracked the two suspects.
The motorcycle was recovered, and it was discovered that it had no plate number,but had an improvised motor vehicle number only.
SPD director Brig. Gen. Jimili Macaraeg said the operations were the product of a thorough probe done by investigators of the Las Piñas City Police.
“This is the product of thorough investigation made by our reliable investigators on the ground, kaya naman binabati ko ang buong kapulisan ng Las Piñas sa matagumpay na operasyon na inyong ginawa upang tulungan ang biktima na mahanap ang mga taong nasa likod nito,” Macaraeg said.
“Sa mga witnesses na hindi nag-alinlangan na magbigay ng impormasyon na makakatulong sa pagresolba ng kasong ito, tangapin ninyo ang aking taos pusong pasasalamat. Tunay na maganda ang magiging bunga ng ating maayos at mahusay na pagtutulungan,” he added.
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