ISLAMABAD – Zakir Naik booked by Indian National Investigation Agency inlove jihad case.
The National Investigation Agencylink (NIA)has named Islamic preacher Zakir Naiklink and two hardlinepreachers of Pakistan origin as accused in an FIR pertaining to ahigh-profile “love jihad” case.
The high-profile case involves the daughter of a Chennai-based businessmanand the son of a top Bangladesh politicianlink,belonging to former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s Bangladesh NationalistParty.The NIA is probing the Indian businessman’s daughter and Bangladeshpolitician son’s marriage in London, Times of India has reported.
Zakir Naik, who is wanted by Indian enforcement agencies, and the hardlinepreachers of Pakistani-origin based in the US have been named as accused inthe case, according to information accessed by IANS.The girl’s father had initially lodged a complaint with the Chennai CentralCrime Branch in May, alleging his daughter who was studying in London wasradicalised and was forced to covert to Islam.
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He had also alleged that his daughter was abducted from London and taken toBangladesh by some Bangladeshis.”The matter involved investigation in foreign countries.
And hence the case was transferred to National Investigation Agency (NIA),”Chennai Police Commissioner Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal told IANS. He said it isnot possible to share further details on the case.
