Two members of the “Shah Gang” were killed in an exchange of fire with the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) in Chung, days after a case was registered against them in Raiwind over the killing of two brothers in a dispute involving Rs30, officials said on Thursday.
Police said the suspects, identified as Hasnain and Omar, had taken refuge in the Manowal area of Chung.
A CTD team raided the hideout, during which the suspects allegedly opened fire. The police said both men were killed when the police opened retaliatory fire. Four of their accomplices managed to escape and a search operation has been launched for their arrest, said officials.
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Officials said the deceased were wanted in multiple cases, including murder, attempted murder and extortion. They had also allegedly issued threats to CTD officers on social media.
Wajid and his brother Rashid, both in their twenties, had traveled to Raiwind, Lahore by bus before planning to head home to their village. They headed to a cluster of fruit sellers to buy bananas near Rohi Nala.
Bananas are Rs130 a dozen but the brothers had only a one-hundred-rupee note and a five-thousand-rupee note. They asked the fruit seller to give them change for the larger note. But when he said he did not have it, the brothers asked him to reduce their number of bananas. A fight broke out.
Wajid and Rashid were badly beaten and the fruit seller called for back-up from some friends, who were playing cricket nearby.
A video of the fight showed Rashid cradling his brother in his lap on the ground, blood streaming down his head, when a young man charges at him and hits him over the head with a cricket bat.
Wajid died on the spot, and Rashid was taken to the hospital. But he did not survive the head injury and died on Monday. His funeral was held the same day.
The police had arrested a man identified as Taimur as the cricket-bat-wielding attacker and an FIR was registered for intentional murder by City Police Station Raiwind under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code.
