Jan 29, 2022: According to reports, Capital City Police Officer (CCPO) Lahore Fayyaz Ahmed Deo has revealed the perpetrators behind the murder of journalist Hasnain Shah.
Shah was killed in a transaction dispute while four people were arrested for his murder. Lahore CCPO Fayyaz Ahmed Deo along with DIG Dr Abid, SSP Mustansir Feroze, SSP Investigation Imran Kishore and SP City Hafeez Bugti held a press conference at Police Lines.
The CCPO said that the main accused of journalist Hasnain Shah was Aamir Butt and his brother Shahid Butt. CCPO Lahore said that there were some financial issues between Aamir Butt and Hasnain Shah, and that whoever will try to play with the lives of the people, the police will pursue them, and will not allow anyone to be bullied in the city.
He added that the crime rate in Lahore has come down in the last month.
DIG Operations Dr Abid Khan said that the accused involved in the murder of journalist Hasnain Shah were arrested. There was a heated exchange of words between Amir Butt and Hasnain Shah, after which the accused Amir Butt along with his brother and friend planned the murder. Dr Abid Khan said that Aamir Butt had given the responsibility of identifying the victim to Haider Shah and Amjad Pasha.
Earlier this week, the journalist Hasnain Shah was assassinated by a jeweler group. It was revealed that the victim was having an argument with him consequent to which Shah was killed. The victim was killed outside the press club on Monday.
On the other hand, PML-N member Punjab Assembly Hina Pervaiz Butt filed a notice in the Punjab Assembly against the murder of journalist Hasnain Shah in Lahore.
According to eyewitnesses, Hasnain Shah was driving his car from his office on Davis Road towards Garhi Shahu. He had just reached the traffic signal outside the press club when two shooters on a bike approached him from the driving side and opened indiscriminate fire. He got seven bullets in his chest and died on the spot.
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