2 brothers nabbed for rape in Catmon

Policemen arrested the other day two brothers who were accused of raping a 16-year-old student in barangay Flores, Catmon town.

SPO1 Vicente Bacayo responded to the information from a member of barangay intelligence network about the rape incident Sunday evening.

The mother of the victim told police that her daughter was raped by Arnel Gatual, 26, and his younger brother, a minor.

It was their neighbors who informed the victim's mother about the incident, telling her that they heard shouts for help from inside the house of the suspects.

Arnel, however, vehemently denied raping the victim, saying that he only escorted her to his younger brother who is her former boyfriend.

But police investigation disclosed that the victim was fetching water from a nearby deep well when Arnel forcibly brought her to their house where the rape took place.

But Arnel's younger brother said he and the victim only talked about their relationship and admitted that she had slept in their house after she threatened to commit suicide.

Despite the denial, the Catmon police are now preparing rape charges against the Gatual brothers following their arrest Monday morning during a hot pursuit operation conducted by PO2 Edward Mollena, PO2 Januario Sudaria and PO1 Allan Menchavez.

PO2 Margarita Boto of the women's desk section of the Catmon police said the parents of the victim decided to file charges against the suspects. - Ramil V. Ayuman and Gregg M. Rubio