Hyderabad:Investigators are examining the financial and operational trail of the SUV (AP09 AT 9538) used to strike down senior advocate and Wakf activist Khaja Moizuddin on May 23. Sources indicate that its procurement, possession, use and possible beneficial interest were under scrutiny, particularly in view of the reported links of Mohd Munawar Khan with the main accused, his cousin, Mujahid Alam Khan and father Mahbub Alam Khan.
Sources disclosed that Munawar Khan, who had allegedly had facilitated the purchase of the SUV, was being investigated for Bhoodan land fraud case of Rangareddy district. He has been under the lens of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in connection with alleged land-grabbing, use of forged documents and possession of proceeds of crime. The ED had recorded proceeds of crime of about `6.45 crore in the alleged illegal land transactions.
As part of the same investigation, the ED had conducted searches at multiple locations in Hyderabad on April 28, 2025, including the premises connected to Munawar Khan who was booked under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), in connection with the alleged land scam case, sources said.
The searches that were conducted by ED resulted in seizure of land documents, Indian and foreign currency and as many as 45 old and used cars, including several vintage cars, from the farmhouse premises of Munawar Khan.
Subsequently, immovable properties worth approximately `4.8 crore belonging to Munawar Khan and his wife were provisionally attached under the PMLA.
Mujahid Alam Khan, whose arrest for his alleged role in the killing of advocate Moizuddin was announced on Friday, and his connected network have been facing serious allegations of treating Waqf and public land as private family property and reportedly criminally enriching themselves through illegal control, manipulation and private use of such properties.
The connection of the vehicle to Munawar Khan, under ED probe, makes it necessary for the investigating agency to widen the probe beyond the immediate driver or visible accused, a High Court Bar Council member said.
The police must verify and place on record the vehicle history, including RTA ownership, previous registered owners, transfer forms, sale agreements, insurance records, challan history, FASTag movement, CCTV movement, mobile tower location, call data records of the accused persons, and the financial links connected to the purchase, transfer or use of the SUV, the Bar Council member said.
The killing of an advocate who was reportedly raising issues connected to such land and Waqf properties fraud must be investigated as a conspiracy and not diluted into a simple accident narrative, he said.
Mujahid Alam Khan, the alleged main conspirator in Moizuddin’s murder, was earlier booked in physical altercations over the Mumtaz College property, and has been invoked the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act at the Malakpet police station a few years back.
Sources said the police would seek custody of accused Mujahid and Mahbub Alam Khan and also probe their links with the Bhoodan land scam. In the Bhoodan case, senior IAS officer Amoy Kumar was reportedly summoned by the ED last week, while multiple raids and investigations have pointed towards the suspected role of revenue officials, including tahsildars and RDOs.
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