Telangana News

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed FIR against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for allegedly "spreading enmity" among religions.

In the early hours of today, raids were conducted at 10 locations in Maharashtra linked to his banned organization Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), which is also named in the case by the anti-terror agency.

According to the sources, FIR was registered after examining Naik's speeches telecast on Peace TV, which is partly-funded by the IRF. Naik was targeted after the Bangladeshi government accused him of making speeches that could have incited some of the terrorists who attacked a Dhaka cafe in July, killing 20 people.

He is currently in Saudi Arabia and has refused to return to India. He was named in police cases earlier for allegedly inciting young men to "promote disaffection against religious communities".

IRF, this week, was banned for 5 years and according to the sources, the government asked law enforcement agencies to eye on the activities of all its establishments.