Mahbub, Mujahid Are Suspects In Advocate Killing

Special teams formed by police commissioner V.C. Sajjannar were said to have picked the two suspected accused from Bengaluru and brought them to the Abids ACP office in the afternoon. Police did not confirm the arrest of the suspects, leading to largescale protests by All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) cadres and followers of the slain lawyer, who waged a relentless legal fight against the accused over Waqf properties.

The lawyer’s son Khaja Farhan, who is also a High Court advocate, said he feared a threat to his life from the accused and questioned the delay in arresting the perpetrators of his father’s murder. Police sources said the murder was a handiwork of a supari gang hired by the suspected accused. The gang, after committing the crime, headed towards Shamshabad using the PVNR Expressway, police confirmed.

Police said the assailants had been sighted conducting a recce of Moizuddin’s house for about five days. Six persons including two in the vehicle while others on bikes were also spotted from CCTV camera footage during the investigation, police sources disclosed.

The main conspirators reportedly organised the murder in such a manner that they would not fall in the police net, allegedly hiring new faces from other states to execute their plan, investigators suspected.

Police have identified five persons involved in Moizuddin’s murder and recovered the SUV that was used to knock the advocate down. The registered owner of the vehicle has reportedly been detained at the ACP office. The owner allegedly informed the investigators that he had sold the vehicle six months back but the buyers had not got it re-registered.

The conspirators had allegedly planned the murder six months back when they threatened Moizuddin while he was attending Namaz at Aliya Mosque in Abids, police said. Additional five teams have been formed to arrest the alleged hired killers who appeared to have fled the city.

Farhan in his complaint stated: “Incident appears to be a clear pre-planned attempt to murder… CCTV footage is available and upon verification it came to light that the incident was committed intentionally (sic).”

Farhan alleged that his father Moizuddin had ongoing legal disputes against Mujahid Alam Khan and Mahbub Alam Khan relating to Waqf properties and land matters earlier. He alleged that the accused persons had threatened and attempted to harm his father. Complaints regarding these threats were lodged at various police stations he said and urged the police to take legal action against the father-son duo of Mujahid and Mahbub Alam Khan as per the law.

Farhan’s complaint recorded at 8.45 pm on Saturday, the day of the murder, stated at about 5.45 am, as part of his daily routine, his father left their residence and went for a swim. He was near his parked vehicle at Vijaya Towers, Nampally, when a four-wheeler knocked him down at high speed, resulting in the victim being thrown nearly 10 metres away.

“On hearing a loud sound, I immediately came out and found my father lying on the road in an injured condition. I immediately shifted to Mahaveer Hospital for first aid and later rushed him to the Omni Hospital, Abids, for treatment,” Farhan said.

Police registered the FIR in Crime No. 206 of 2026, initially as a case of attempt to murder, rash and negligent driving endangering human life and criminal conspiracy under the BNS. This was later changed to murder following the death of Moizuddin.

The FIR stated that the intent appeared to be a clear pre-planned murder “after examining CCTV footage”. It noted that Moizuddin had ongoing legal disputes against Mujahid Alam Khan and Mahbub Alam Khan relating to Waqf properties and that the suspected accused had previously threatened him.