An Afghan sufi youth popularly knows as Sufi Khwaja Zarib Chisti was shot dead in Yeola area of Nashik district in Maharashtra on Tuesday evening. The incident took place in Chinchodi MIDC area.
The deceased has been identified as Sufi Khwaja Zarib Chisti. Police have launched a hunt to nab the accused. Four persons are believed to be behind the murder.
A possible motive behind the murder was not immediately known.
The incident took place in the evening at an open plot in the MIDC area of Yeola town, around 200 km from Mumbai, the police said.
Police Superintendent Nashik Rural
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The victim, identified as Khwaja Sayyad Chishti, was popularly known as ‘Sufi Baba’ in Yeola, an official said.
He was shot with a firearm in the forehead by the attackers, following which he died on the spot, the official said.
After killing Sufi Baba, a citizen of Afghanistan, the assailants seized an SUV used by him and fled the spot, he said.
An offence of murder was registered at the Yeola police station and a hunt was on to nab the killers, the official said.
