The National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) announced Tuesday it will form a team to track down and arrest former Bureau of Corrections chief Gerald Bantag and its former deputy security officer, Ricardo Zulueta.
“He (Bantag) will be subjected to manhunt and arrest. It is a continuing one, continuing effort… such that he will be put behind bars and answer the cases leveled against him,” said NCRPO Chief PBGen. Jose Melencio Nartatez.
“Our operative, we are now organizing… I will organize a team to track him down,” he added.
On Monday, Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos said the manhunt for Bantag and Zulueta, who are believed to be the masterminds of the murder of radio broadcaster Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, will continue.
They have not been arrested yet, despite the Department of Justice offering a reward for their capture amounting to P2 million for Bantag and P1 million for Zulueta.
They are also charged with the killing of middleman Cristito Villamor Palana and allegedly torturing the inmates of the New Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa.