Operatives of the Manila Police District in hot pursuit of a father who beat to death his daughter finally arrested the suspect for violation of the Comelec gun ban.

Police identified the suspect as Carlo Danny Llorentaga of 140 Sto. Nino, Tondo who caught carrying a gun tucked in his waistline by a patrolling cop.

The suspect is the subject of a manhunt for the death of his 7-year-old daughter, Catherine Joy, whom he beat on 18 August after the girl failed to return the change for an item she bought at the store.

It was learned that the girl suffered severe injuries due to the hard beating at the hands of the suspect.

Before the victim died, she made a disclosure that his father did a severe blow by means of a hard fist by punching the victim in different parts of her tender body.

The suspect, after learning from her mother the news that her daughter died fled in hiding and left a letter saying that he did not kill the victim.

It was learned that the incident happened when the mother of the victim was not in the house.

Charges of parricide will be slapped against the suspect at the Manila city prosecutor's office.