Hyderabad, Aug. 4 -- A court in Hyderabad has granted the police two days' custody of Mahboob Alam Khan, who is the second accused in the murder case of Waqf activist and High Court advocate Khaja Moizuddin.

The order was passed by the XII Additional Metropolitan Chief Judicial Magistrate on Monday, August 3, after considering a petition filed by the investigating officer on June 22 in the crime registered at Nampally Police Station.

As per the order, Mahboob Alam Khan will remain in the custody of the Nampally Station House Officer (SHO) from 10 am on August 6 to 4.30 pm on August 7 for interrogation.

However, the court directed the police not to use threats, force, coercion, or any third-degree methods while questioning the accused d...