A murder case has been registered at the Chuhng police station in Lahore over the Sunday night shooting of the infamous Ameer Balaj Tipu.

The case was registered against four unidentified assailants on the complaint of one of the deceased's younger brothers, Mussab Balaj. The complainant has nominated Khawaja Tareef alias Teefi Butt and Khawaja Aqeel alias Gogi Butt.

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The application states that the killers opened fire on Ameer after calling out his enmity with Teefi and Gogi Butt. It also claimed that the assailant was killed in the firing by his own accomplices.

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Ameer Balaj's funeral prayers will reportedly be held after Asr prayers at Shah Alam Chowk, as per family sources. He has left behind a wife and two sons.

Ameer Balaj Tipu, the son of Arif Ameer, also known as Tipu Truckanwala, was shot dead in an alleged targeted killing in the Chuhng area of Lahore on Sunday night.

The police claimed that Balaj, aged in his early 30s, was attending the wedding ceremony of a former DPS's son in a residential society in Chuhng when an armed man opened fire on him, injuring him critically.

Three other men accompanying Balaj were also injured, as per the police. However, due to retaliatory fire by Balaj's gunmen, the assailant was also killed.

All four injured were shifted to Jinnah Hospital, where Balaj succumbed to his wounds. Media reports quoted doctors as saying that he received four bullet wounds in his chest and died due to excessive bleeding.