Mujahid Offered Rs.10 Crore Supari for Moizuddin's Murder, Says Accused
Sources said police also found from RTO records that the Scorpio vehicle, which was allegedly used for the murder, was originally owned by a person from the Alam family.
Hyderabad: The main accused in the murder of senior advocate Khaja Moizuddin reportedly revealed that Mujahid Alam Khan had offered Rs.10 lakh in advance and Rs.10 crore worth of land as supari (consideration) for killing the senior advocate, according to special teams probing the case.
According to sources, Vinay of Kavadiguda, the main accused and the driver of the SUV that killed Moizuddin, hired five people to murder Moizuddin after accepting Mujahid’s murder contract. After knocking down the advocate, the assailants escaped from Telangana.
However, police tracked the assailants through Vinay’s Paytm app, which he had used to pay for refilling diesel in his vehicle at a petrol pump in Aramghar. Two of the assailants fled to Goa, where the police teams arrested them using one of their mobile phones’ GPS location.
So far, five persons, including Mujahid, Mahbub, Vinay and two others from Goa, have been arrested and brought to the city, police sources disclosed.
During the investigation, special teams examined over 300 CCTV cameras and tracked Vinay’s mobile number used for the UPI payment. The police also tracked the mobile phones of other members of the accused gang and arrested two of them in Goa.
Police have reportedly collected strong evidence against conspirators Mujahid and Mahbub Alam Khan. Technical teams collected the Call Data Records and voice recordings of the conspirators who pressured Moizuddin to withdraw cases against them or face dire consequences.
Sources said police also found from RTO records that the Scorpio vehicle, which was allegedly used for the murder, was originally owned by a person from the Alam family. The vehicle was sold to another person and was repurchased by another person from the Alam family, but it was not registered in the buyer’s name.
The vehicle’s ownership history, transfer records, and possession details are under scrutiny by the investigating authorities. These aspects are expected to play a significant role in establishing the sequence of events and identifying any persons connected with the offence.
The victim’s son, M.S. Farhan, along with AIMIM MLA Majid Hussain, met DGP C.V. Anand and city police commissioner V.C. Sajjanar and urged them to intensify the investigation and take stern action against Mahbub Alam, his son Mujahid Alam Khan and other hired criminals.
Addressing media persons outside the DGP office, Farhan said, “DGP C.V. Anand and Hyderabad commissioner V.C. Sajjanar have assured that justice will be done after a thorough investigation and stern action will be taken against the accused responsible for my father’s murder.”
Farhan said he was told by the investigators that the accused driver, Vinay of Kavadiguda, was offered Rs.10 lakh in advance and Rs.10 crore worth of land by Mujahid for eliminating his father.
The AIMIM MLA said he urged both the top officials to officially disclose the conspirators’ arrest and send them to judicial remand.
Based on the driver’s confession, sources said police booked Mujahid and his father, Mahbub, for the murder conspiracy and for misleading the police by selling the SUV used in the murder to another person and again purchasing it in the name of one of the hired assailants.
