Bureau of Corrections director general Gregorio Catapang Jr. disclosed on Tuesday that he has relieved the acting superintendent of the Davao Prison and Penal Farm following the escape and rearrest of a person deprived of liberty.

The acting superintendent was identified as C/Supt. Rufino A. Martin, MBS, CMS, who was axed for his belated report on the escape of an inmate identified as Jundee Caño from the minimum security compound on 13 September.

Caño was rearrested on 17 September, but the report was only forwarded to the BuCor main office on Tuesday.

Initial reports sent to Catapang revealed that the inmate was apprehended during a hot pursuit operation with the help of the members of Damulog Municipal Police Station.