Indian national robbed, killed in Talisay

An Indian national was shot dead when he resisted a robbery in barangay Lower Mohon, Talisay City, southern Cebu, last Wednesday afternoon.

Raja Singh, 37, who lived in barangay Dumlog, was shot in the head. The victim had a lending business.

Singh’s alleged perpetrators—Rutchel Alcover, 29, and Jeriel Sembrano, 18—were arrested in a follow-up operation.

SPO3 Daniel Tarucan, investigator of the Talisay City police precinct, said the victim was in the area to collect payments.

He was walking along a road when two men held him up at gunpoint. The victim resisted, causing the robbers to shoot him.

Alcover and Sembrano were arrested in their respective houses.

Police also recovered a .38 revolver during the arrest.

Police said Alcover and Sembrano owned up to the crime.

The suspects said they took P780 cash from the victim’s pocket, which they used in buying liquor. CORRESPONDENT GABRIEL C. BONJOC