A district and sessions court in Lahore has charged two accused in the Ameer Balaj Tipu murder case.
Multiple Sessions Judge Asad Hafeez heard the case and charged the accused, Haroon and Sohail Mehmood. The court has summoned witnesses to testify on 11 February.
Gogi Butt, Teefi Butt and Bilawal have been declared fugitives and excluded from the case. The Chuhung police station had registered the case against the accused.
On 19 February 2024, Ameer Balaj Tipu, son of Tipu Truckanwala, was killed in a shooting at a wedding ceremony on Lahore Multan Road.
Two others were injured. Armed by Amir Balaj Tipu fired back, killing the attacker, Muzaffar Hussain, on the spot.
The attack took place when Ameer Balaj Tipu was leaving the wedding venue while people were busy taking selfies with him.
Earlier, the Lahore police revealed startling details in the murder case of Javed Butt, brother-in-law of Teefi Butt, prime suspect in the Ameer Balaj murder case.
According to DIG Organized Crime, Imran Kishwar, the arrested shooters revealed during interrogation that the killing had been carried out on the orders of Ameer Masab, son of Tipu Truckanwala.
Shooters, identified as Azhar and Ilyas, confessed that the killing had been a contract killing for which they had been promised Rs 500,000 and two valuable houses.
The suspects admitted that they had been in contact with Ameer Masab before and after the murder. The link had allegedly been established through Arif, a former employee of Ameer Masab and a resident of Pattoki, who had arranged the shooters’ meeting with Masab. Arif, however, remained at large.
Ameer Masab had fled the country six days before Javed Butt’s murder, allegedly as part of a premeditated plan. Despite leaving Pakistan, he had maintained communication with the shooters during the execution of the crime, police sources confirmed.
