Muslim spiritual leader ‘Sufi Baba’ shot dead in Nashiko
A 35-year-old Muslim community religious leader from Afghanistan was shot dead in Yeola town of Maharashtra’s Nashik district.
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35 year old Muslim community religious leader. are residents of Afghanistan A group of four unidentified people shot dead on Tuesday in Yeola town of Nashik district of Maharashtra. The possible motive behind the murder was not immediately known.
The incident took place in the evening at an open plot in MIDC area of Yeola town, about 200 km from Mumbai, police said. The deceased has been identified as Khwaja Syed Chishti, who was known as ‘Sufi Baba’ in Yeola, an official said.
The assailants shot him in the forehead with a pistol, following which he died on the spot, the official said. After killing Sufi Baba, an Afghan national, the attackers confiscated an SUV used by him and fled the spot, he said.
A case of murder has been registered at Yeola police station and a search is on for the killers, the official said.
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