India: Saudi Arabia grants citizenship to extremist preacher wanted for terrorist offences in Delhi

Indian press reported that the country’s enforcement officials were moving to revoke his passport and request Interpol issue an arrest warrant for him.

Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz presenting Zakir Naik with the 2015 King
Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam (KFF) (File photo)

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: The Nation Pakistan
By Web Desk | May 20, 2017

According to MiddleEast Monitor, Indian Islamic preacher, Dr Zakir Naik, who is wanted by authorities in Delhi for alleged terrorist offences, has been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia.

Arab sources reported that King Salman had intervened to grant Naik Saudi citizenship to protect him from arrest by the International Police Organisation, Interpol.

Last month, Indian courts issued a second arrest warrant for Dr Naik in connection with his alleged role in a terror-related case and over money laundering allegations. Naik, who was on tour at the time, decided not to return to India and remained in Malaysia where permanent residency status was granted to him five years ago by the Malaysian government.

The 51-year-old preacher left India last year, allegedly to evade arrest after some perpetrators of the Dhaka terror attack claimed they were inspired by him.

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Complements: The Times of Ahmad

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