Jealous hubby takes family hostage inside QCPD camp

“Take me to Karingal. That’s where I want to kill myself. Keep going or I’ll shoot you.”

Giving this order to a stunned tricycle driver, a man reportedly raging over his wife’s extramarital affairs took her and their two children to a police camp in Quezon City and held them hostage Monday night.

Before surrendering two hours later, Salik Ampuan, 28, fired two warning shots to hold off policemen who rushed to the District Anti-Illegal Drugs (DAID) compound inside Camp Karingal, headquarters of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD).

Ampuan, a cell phone technician who claimed to be a drug informant for the police, held wife, Aisa, 28, and their children, aged eight and six, at gunpoint before Aisa’s cousin arrived to help negotiate his surrender, according to PO2 Hermogenes Capili.

“He had no demands whatsoever. The wife said one of their children had gone missing while the man was reportedly in a jealous fit as he suspected her of having an affair,” Capili said.

The wife did not press charges against Ampuan but the QCPD filed complaints for illegal possession of firearms, grave threats and alarm and scandal.

Assistant City Prosecutor Raymund Oliver Almonte approved the charges Tuesday, saying Ampuan “caused a serious disturbance in a public place.”

In a statement to the police, tricycle driver Enrique Sunga said the family boarded his tricycle around 7:30 p.m. Monday in Barangay (village) Bahay Toro, Project 8. Aisa asked him to take them to a nearby jeepney terminal, from which they would take another ride going to their home in Krus na Ligas.

While on the road, however, Ampuan drew a .45-cal. pistol and ordered the driver to take them to Karingal instead. “Doon ako magpapakamatay (That’s where I will kill myself),” he said, pointing the gun at the driver. “Keep going or I’ll shoot you.”

Upon reaching the DAID compound, Sunga got off the tricycle and ran away, leaving Ampuan and his terror-stricken family inside the vehicle.

A team of policemen with only antiriot shields for cover responded. At one point, one of the children was heard yelling from the tricycle to warn them not to get any closer or their father would shoot.

Pacified with the help of Aisa’s cousin, Ampuan surrendered and was disarmed two hours later.—Julie M. Aurelio