TIL Desk/National/Mumbai/The National Investigation Agency (NIA), accompanied by the Mumbai Police, on Saturday carried out searches at 10 places in a case registered against preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in Mumbai.
The early morning operation came a day after the NIA lodged a case against Zakir Naik, IRF, and others under Section 153-A of IPC (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion…and doing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) and various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
Naik is under the scanner for alleged misdeeds, spreading or promoting communal disharmony, feelings of enmity between communities and supporting terror acts. A team of the NIA sleuths, accompanied by the Mumbai Police, started the raids at 10 locations across the city owned or connected with the IRF.
NIA teams were still conducting searches with the help of local police. “We are searching a few residential premises and a few office premises,” an NIA official on condition of anonymity told. The central government had on Tuesday banned IRF for five years with immediate effect.
The move came after the government found the Islamic preacher to be involved in utilising funds meant for his NGOs for radicalisation of youths.
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