Overview
- Senior advocate Khaja Moizuddin was struck by a green Mahindra Scorpio outside his Masab Tank residence on Saturday, May 23, and later died while undergoing treatment.
- Hyderabad police reclassified the matter from a hit‑and‑run to a murder, registered an FIR at Nampally and formed multiple special teams to investigate.
- Investigators are analysing CCTV footage and call‑data records, have recovered the SUV and traced its registered owner who told police he sold the vehicle months earlier.
- Moizuddin’s family say the attack was targeted and linked to his long fight against alleged encroachment and privatization of Waqf lands; media reports say two men named by the family were brought from Bengaluru as suspects but police have not publicly confirmed arrests.
- The killing has drawn sharp condemnation from the legal community and politicians who demand swift arrests, protection for the family and a special fast‑track process given repeated threats against lawyers in land‑dispute cases.