After initial denials, the son of former State Minister for Foreign Affairs Sadiq Kanju, admitted to ‘accidentally’ killing a 15-year-old boy in the city.
Mustafa Kanjo had opened fire on a vehicle near Cavalry Ground which led to the killing of teenager Zain Rauf and a pedestrian being injured.
“I did shoot but did not intend to kill anyone,” the son of the former minister said.
Mustafa said he had fired shots, during the clash, to scare his opponents.
Kanju asserted he was not intoxicated at the time, and that he resorted to aerial firing as he became enraged after an accident. He said Zain was not the target of the fire, nor did he intend to kill Zain or anyone else.
According to South Cantonment Police Station Investigation Officer Inspector Imtiaz Shah said his fingerprints were found on the weapon recovered from the site by police.
Mustafa was arrested and produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Lahore on April 3 where he initially claimed that his shot did not kill Zain.
The court had granted police eight-day physical remand of Mustafa and four of his guards who were also arrested by Lahore police following the firing incident.
Earlier, a First Information Report was registered against Mustafa and his guards under section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 7 of the Anti-terrorism Act.
