Tag: Zakir Naik

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth over Rs 16.40 crore in its ongoing investigation against Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Abdul Karim Naik, the agency said on Saturday. In a statement, the ED said the attached properties were based in Maharashtra’s Mumbai and Pune cities and that the action was taken under […]

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested jeweller Abdul Kadir Najmudin Sathak here for assisting fugitive controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik by transferring funds of dubious origins from the UAE to him. The agency said the funds were used to facilitate production of videos meant to spread communal hatred and radicalize a particular community. […]

Colombo: The two largest cable operators of Sri Lanka have blocked controversial Indian Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s Peace TV following the Easter Sunday carnage in the island nation in which 253 people died. India and Bangladesh have already banned Peace TV, which has often been used by the Islamic State recruiters for indoctrination and brainwashing […]

Kuala Lumpur: Zakir Naik on Tuesday apologised to Malaysians for making racist comments, after the radical Indian televangelist was grilled for 10 hours by police and banned him from any public activities in the multi-ethnic country. The official Bernama news agency reported that Naik, wanted by Indian authorities since 2016 for alleged money laundering and […]

New Delhi: In an unprecedented plea, former finance minister P Chidambaram Thursday offered in the Supreme Court to remain in CBI’s custody till September 2 in the INX Media corruption case. Chidambaram, who was arrested on August 21, is in the CBI custody till Friday and will be produced before the concerned trial court tomorrow […]

Vladivostok (Russia): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday here took up with his Malaysian counterpart Mahathir Mohamad the issue of extradition of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is a fugitive in India and has taken shelter in Malaysia. Modi took up the matter with Mohamad during their bilateral meeting here on the sidelines of […]

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Tuesday said that his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi did not request him to return controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is a fugitive in India and has taken shelter in the Asian nation. Mahathir added that Modi, whom he met in Russia during an economic forum earlier this […]

Mumbai: A special court here on Wednesday issued a fresh non-bailable warrant (NBW) against fugitive Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, currently based in Malaysia, in the 2016 alleged money laundering case. The warrant was issued by Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court judge PP Rajvaidya on a plea filed bythe Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is […]

New Delhi: Vitriolic Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is living in exile in Malaysia, has claimed that the NDA government at the Centre offered to shelve money laundering charges against him and give him safe passage in return for his support to abrogate Article 370. In a statement issued by Naik’s team on Saturday, the […]