Lawyer killed after being rammed by SUV in suspected hit-and-run case in Hyderabad’s Masab Tank

The lawyer succumbed to his injuries after he was mowed down in a suspected hit-and-run incident outside his house in Masab Tank on Saturday (May 23) morning.

The advocate, identified as Khaja Moizuddin, was about to enter his parked car when the incident occurred at 5:45 am. A viral CCTV video of the incident shows the defense attorney opening the rear door of the vehicle to put a bag inside and prepare to get into the driver’s seat. The footage also showed an SUV speeding between parked cars and crashing into them before fleeing the scene.

Local residents in the vicinity rushed to his aid and took him to the hospital, where he died during treatment at 12:12 p.m. The Nampally police have started an investigation into the case. After a preliminary investigation, a police official said the SUV may have waited a short distance away before deliberately targeting the defense attorney in an attempt to stage the attack as a hit-and-run incident.

Senior officers overseeing the case said five teams had been formed and the sections had been changed to murder. “Teams are checking CCTV cameras along the route to trace the vehicle. We are also probing the allegation of land-related conspiracy as the motive behind the murder and are probing the FIR related to the case with the Malakpet police as well,” the officer said.

Meanwhile, his son Farhan spoke to the media and claimed that his decades-long legal battle to protect the Waqf Board’s property was the reason behind the murder. He claimed that Mujahid Alam Khan and Mahabub Alam Khan were responsible for the attack.

“For decades, my father himself fought to protect the Waqf Board property. These men are Waqf violators. My father fought against the privatization of three properties – Anwar-ul-Uloom Wakf of Malakpet and Anwar-ul-Uloom Wakf of Mallepalla and Madarsa-e-Aizza in Malakpet. Three years ago he was attacked and threatened even during the morning. money to leave the case and the city Six months ago Mujahid Alam came Khan personally to our Himayat Nagar office and also threatened me,” said Mr. Farhan.

Published – 23 May 2026 14:01 IST