Hyderabad, May 29 -- Ghulam Yazdani, one of Hyderabad's most well-known faces in the legal circle, passed away at the age of 98 years on May 28. He was also the father-in-law of Khaja Moizuddin, the advocate who was murdered last week in a fatal hit-and-run case, by what the family calls 'Waqf mafia'. With Yazdani's passing, the city has also another person belonging to the generation that was born before 1948.

According to the family of the late advocate, Ghulam Yazdani was undergoing treatment but could not withstand the shocking news of the murder of his son-in-Law, with whom he was living. "The mortal remains will be kept at Jaweed Maskan, Hill Fort, Naubat Pahad and then taken to his Gunfoundry home at 10 AM," said the family.

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