Senior advocate Khaja Moizuddin killed in Hyderabad SUV crash investigated as murder

A 63 year old senior advocate, Khaja Moizuddin, was killed in Hyderabad on Saturday after a speeding SUV rammed into him outside his residence in the Masab Tank area, an incident police are now investigating as a suspected murder. Moizuddin, a practicing lawyer at the Telangana High Court for nearly 35 years, was preparing to leave his home around 6 a.m. when the attack occurred.

According to police and CCTV footage reviewed by investigators, Moizuddin was placing belongings into his car and about to enter the driver’s seat when a green colored Mahindra Scorpio approached, suddenly changed direction, and struck him. The impact threw him roughly 15 to 20 feet onto the road. Bystanders rushed him to Mahavir Hospital, and he was later transferred to another facility where he succumbed to his injuries. The vehicle involved did not have a visible number plate and fled the scene.

Police initially registered a hit and run case, but after a complaint from Moizuddin’s son, advocate Mohammad Farhan, a murder case was opened. Farhan alleged that his father had been involved in several sensitive cases related to alleged encroachments on Waqf properties and had received threats in the past....