Zakir Naik’s NGO awarded ISIS terror accused Rs 80,000 scholarship

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 23, 2016: In what could possibly lead to further legal trouble for the controversial televangelist Zakir Naik, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe has revealed that Abu Anas, an accused in ISIS case by the agency, received Rs 80,000 from the proscribed IRF as scholarship in October 2015.

Abu Anas, a software engineer and a resident of Tonk, Rajasthan wanted to flee India and go to Syria to fight together with ISIS in the same period.

He was arrested by the NIA in January 2016.

After owing affiliation to Janoodul-Khalifa-e-Hind, an ISIS outfit, Abu Anas told NIA sleuths that he had "applied for a personal loan with Axis bank," and said he wanted to defraud the bank.

NIA will now probe whether money given by Naik’s NGO IRF for scholarship was intended be used for fleeing or any other terror activities.

ISIS ACCUSED INFLUENCED BY NAIK

Many ISIS accused have allegedly told NIA about being influenced by Zakir Naik.

Naik has been in controversy since the revelation that one of the terrorists killed in Bangladesh’s worst terror attack in July this year, was influenced by the controversial Islamic preacher.

NIA conducted further search in one more premise today. So far, 20 premises have been searched.

These premises raided, included trustees connected to the proscribed IRF.

ISIS ACCUSED INFLUENCED BY NAIK

Many ISIS accused have allegedly told NIA about being influenced by Zakir Naik.

Naik has been in controversy since the revelation that one of the terrorists killed in Bangladesh’s worst terror attack in July this year, was influenced by the controversial Islamic preacher.

NIA conducted further search in one more premise today. So far, 20 premises have been searched.

These premises raided, included trustees connected to the proscribed IRF.