TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The NIA has found that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has underworld connections. According to the agency, Naik had first invested huge money in 226 villas in a project named Pacific City in Dubai. Later, the entire project was taken over by Zakir Naik and renamed as Peace City.
During its investigation into Naik’s funding, NIA found that he had huge business interests with underworld and mafia-supported builders in India and the Middle-East. It was found that Naik had made huge investments with mafia-supported builder Parvez Khan. Khan has major interests in real estate in Dubai and investigations revealed that he is a front for underworld don Chota Rajan in the region.
Naik was also found to have invested a large amount of money to build a commercial residential project on the Haji Ismail Haji Alana Sanatorium. The details of the entire investigation has been shared with Enforcement Directorate by the NIA. ED has already registered a case against Naik under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The investigation found that Naik invested in many real estate projects with Khan in Mumbai & Pune as well.
