Fratmen Alex Bose and Nathan Anarna showed up before the Department of Justice and submitted their counter-affidavits on charges of murder, hazing and obstruction of justice. “I was not at the alleged place of incident during the alleged final stages of the initiation of Atio, specifically when the late Atio Castillo was allegedly paddled and subsequently died,” he added. Anarna made a similar denial and also claimed that he was not present in the frat library when the alleged hazing took place. Most of them claimed that Castillo died not of injuries from hazing but rather due to his pre-existing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy condition. Balag went as far as claiming there was no proof showing that Castillo underwent hazing in their library.

Source: The Standard November 02, 2017 14:48 UTC