Cavalry Ground Shooting: ‘I don’t know who killed Zain’

LAHORE: An anti-terrorism court fixed August 20 for cross examination after the complainant in a murder case refused to identify the man accused of killing his nephew. Sohail Afzal told the court on Saturday he did not know whether Mustafa Kanju, the son of former state minister for foreign affairs Sadique Kanju, was involved in the murder of his nephew Zain on April 1. He said he had reached the crime scene 90 minutes after the killing. At a previous hearing, counsel for the accused had informed the court that the victim’s family had reached a settlement with his clients. According to the prosecution, Kanju had been driving his car on April 1 when it hit another in Street-4 of Cavalry Ground. Following an argument with the passengers of the other vehicle, Kanju, allegedly intoxicated at the time, opened indiscriminate fire killing Zain, a passer-by. South Cantt police had registered an FIR against him, Saadullah, Saadat Ameen, Asif Zubair, Shehzad Iqbal, Sikandar Azam, Asif Rehman and Ikramullah.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 16^th, 2015.