NEW DELHI – Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, whose speeches were alleged tohave inspired one the gunmen responsible for the Dhaka café attack thatcost 22 lives, has been charged with money laundering by the EnforcementDirectorate, according to the agency’s filing in a Mumbai court.
The ED, the central agency mandated to probe financial crimes, told thecourt that it had linked assets worth Rs 193 crore as proceeds of crime.
The agency has already attached Rs 50.46 crore assets, the agency said inits second charge-sheet against the televangelist.
Indian agencies had woken up to the controversial preacher’s speeches afterone of the gunmen who participated in the 2016 Bangladesh attack toldinvestigators that he was inspired by Naik’s speeches on his privatechannel, Peace TV.
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The channel, which reportedly broadcast from Dubai, was founded by thetelevangelist in 2006.
