Police in Maharashtra's Nashik district on Thursday recovered the car used in the killing of Sufi religious leader and Afghan national Khwja Sayyad Zarif Chishti alias Zarif Baba, an official said.

Chishti (38), who was living in India as a refugee for the last four years and had a large following on social media, was shot dead on Tuesday evening near Yeola in Nashik district, around 300 km from Mumbai.