LAHORE (Dunya News) – The local court of Lahore has handed over the accused Ahsan Shah to the police on a five-day physical remand in Ameer Balaj Tipu murder case.
Judicial Magistrate Sadaf Batul sent the accused in the police custody for further investigation.
The police had requested a one-week physical remand of the accused, who was a close friend of the deceased Balaj. Tipu who allegedly passed information about the victim to the killers. The judicial magistrate remanded the accused till March 23.
Dunya News has received exclusive details of the confession of the accused.
The Lahore CIA has recorded statements of seven suspects arrested in Balaj Tipu murder case. The police informed that two shooters and three facilitators were present on the spot to kill Balaj. Ahsan confessed that he repeatedly gave information about Balaj to Teefi Butt.
Organised Crime DIG Imran Kishor said Balaj was killed by Teefi Butt for which the police has strong evidences.
It should be noted that Balaj was murdered in a wedding ceremony on Feb 18.
The Chung Police lodged an FIR under section 302 on the complaint of Balaj's brother Musab.
The case was registered against Khawaja Tarif Gulshen, his cousin Khawaja Aqeel alias Gogi Butt and four other unknown persons.