A 28-year-old Sufi preacher from Afghanistan, living as a refugee in India, was shot dead at Yeola near Maharashtra's Nashik on Tuesday night. The deceased was identified as Khwaja Zarif Baba Syed Zarif Chishti, popularly known as Zarif Chishti Baba. Yeola city cops have booked six people in connection with the murder but are yet to make any arrest.

The incident took place on Tuesday night when Zarif Baba was en route to Kopargaon with his former driver Ravindra Tore, and two other men. While they were leaving Yeola, Tore received a call from an unknown person. He told Zarif Baba that there was a plot at Chinchodi Khurd MIDC, and the owner wanted him to perform religious rituals for it.