 LAHORE: Three people were injured during a shootout in Gowalmandi police jurisdiction. The firing stemmed from the intense rivalry between the Billy Truckanwala gang and the Gogi Butt group.
| No. I'm sorry. I know it would probably end up getting my throat cut if I lived in Lahore, but I simply can't work up a good case of fear over Billy Truckanwala and Gogi Butt. It just doesn't work. |
The station house officer said that Amir Butt, cousin of Billa Truckanwala, fired on chemical shop owner Khawaja Abdul Salam, his brother-in-law Hafiz Sohail and son Saleem at Basaanwala Bazar. He said that Amir wanted the three to support him, but they refused and he shot them in frustration.
| Yeah. That's what I usually do when I can't have my way, too... |
Sources said that the injured men supported Amir’s rival party Billa Truckanwala group (Amir supports the Gogi Butt group). A case was registered against Amir following the incident. He is already nominated in the murder of Asim Iqbal Butt, alias Chand Pahalwan, who was killed in Ravi Road police limits on May 11. Amir is currently on bail. The enmity between the two groups started on October 2, 1994, when Tipu was attacked by Hanif, alias Hanifa, and Shafique, alias Baba. Both were Tipu’s former friends. Two days later, Tipu’s father Ameerudin, better known as Billa Truckanwala, was killed in the courtyard of his goods transport company at Shah Alam Chowk. |