Nueva Ecija PNP: Stop texts on cult

CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija -- Police officials here appealed to residents to stay calm and avoid being used in sowing fears over supposedly false existence of a cult that allegedly killed a number of people in the province.

Sr. Supt. Roberto Aliggayu, Nueva Ecija police director, denied reports about members of an unnamed cult roaming around the province.

Aliggayu said crimes recorded in Nueva Ecija were sporadic and independent from each other.

"They were not an act of a single group and the motives range from robbery, traffic problem and land dispute," he said in a text message sent to various quarters.

The stories on cult, he said, could be a handiwork of people who wanted to destroy the image of the local police.

The issue on cult has caused fear among townsfolk as they became the talk in almost every gathering here and other parts of the province.

It started with reports that a serial killer operated in Guimba town and hacked to death several persons out of mere thrill.

The same story went on in the towns of Cuyapo and General Natividad.