NEW DELHI – Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is facing NIA probe overcharges of committing unlawful activities in India, termed the reportsclaiming Interpol taking up India’s request to issue Red Corner Notice(RCN) against him, “a political witch-hunt”.
“I’m aware of the pressure the Indian government has been applying on theInterpol to issue a red corner notice against me.
It’s part of an elaborate witch hunt,” Naik said in a statement.Thestatement from the Islamic preacher comes Interpol reportedly acceptedIndia’s request to issue a RCN against him.
“I have no reason to believe that Interpol will succumb to any kind ofundue pressure,” he contended.”I can confirm that there is no red cornernotice against me as of date.
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One of the Indian newspapers seems to have jumped the gun and reportedinternal deliberations of the Indian government, which as a matter of fact,has been going on for over two years now,” he added.
Naik is facing probe both in India and Bangladesh after two suspects in theterror attack at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka in July 2016 claimedthat they were inspired by Naik’s radical preaching.
