 LAHORE: The rivalry between the Tipu Truckanwala and Gogi Butt gangs in city claimed another life early on Wednesday when four people killed Asim Iqbal Butt, an ally of Tippu Truckanwala, in Ravi Road police precincts.
| I'm sorry, but I can't get too stiff with fear over gangs headed by Tipu Truckanwala and Gogi Butt. "Babyface" Truckanwala and "Machinegun" Butt, maybe. "Mad Dog" Truckanwala and "Slasher" Butt, maybe. But not Tipoo and Gogi... |
The Tipu Truckanwala gang lodged a case against Amir Butt of the Gogi gang and three others. Ravi Road police arrested Amir Butt and two other men later on Wednesday.
| "Lodged a case against them"? What the hell happened to going to the mattresses? |
Asim Butt, alias Chand Pahalwan, was at the dera of Bhaiee Pahalwan in Shah Alam Market on Tuesday night. He left for his house in Qila Lakshaman Singh with his guard Wali Khan on a motorcycle at around 3am on Wednesday.
| Ohfewgawdsake. Nobody has a bodyguard named "Wally." If he'da taken "Big Mahmoud" or somebody named "Spike" or "Knuckles" he'd prob'ly be alive and well today. |
Two more guards, Akbar and Ubaid, followed them on another motorcycle. Eyewitnesses said that as Asim Butt and Wali Khan approached their house, suddenly Amir Butt and three accomplices came from the opposite side riding on motorcycles and opened fire on them.
| "It's a trap!" hollered Akbar... |
Asim Butt's guards retaliated, but the assailants fled. Asim Butt and Wali Khan received bullet wounds and were taken to Mayo Hospital where doctors pronounced Asim Butt dead.
Wali Khan is stated to be in a critical condition.
| "Give it to me straight, Doc! How long've I got?... Ummm... What's with the toe tag?" |
Several members of the Tipu Taruckanwala gang carrying weapons gathered outside Mayo Hospital, which created a wave of fear in the public.
"Big Ahmed, send some of the boyz over to the hospital to flash their roscoes and create a wave of fear in the public!"
"Hokay, Boss!" |
Asim Butt married a couple of months ago and his younger sister was due to be engaged on Wednesday. His body was given to his family on Wednesday evening after an autopsy.
| "Aw, hell! I was expecting a toaster!" |
Later, he was buried in a local graveyard.
"Maw! Asim's titzup! What'll we do?"
"Bury him in the local graveyard and go to the mattresses!" |
Affiliates of the Tipu gang blamed the city police for the murder, saying if they had arrested the suspects wanted for the murder of five people outside Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) Building near Aiwan-e-Adal on May 26, 2003, Asim Butt would still be alive.
| "Yeah! Dat's right! Us crooks can't do our jobs if the coppers don't do their jobs!" |
The Gogi Butt gang is believed to be behind the attack on Tipu Truckanwala on May 26, 2003 when Tipu, his guards Muzaffar Ali Shah, Sabz Ali, Ali Rehman, Nasir Hussain, Sardar Muhammad, drivers Iftikhar and Nadeem, and two friends Nazzar Shah and Mohsin Ali were about to leave the Aiwan-e-Adal near the ETPB Building and two assailants opened fire on them. Five people were killed on the spot. The affiliates of the Tipu gang said that Asim Butt and Amir Butt met accidentally in a hotel in Lakshmi Chowk on Saturday and had a heated argument. They said that Amir Butt threatened Asim Butt if he kept pursuing the Aiwan-e-Adal case. |