Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is facing heat over reports that one of the Dhaka attackers was inspired by his speeches, on Saturday claimed that no Bangladesh government official had said that he inspired the act of terrorism. <br/><br/>In a video released in Mumbai on Saturday, Naik claimed that he spoke to the government officials of Bangladesh and they told him that they do not believe he inspired terrorists to kill innocent people. <br/><br/>He further said that the terrorist was just his fan like number of Muslims across the world. Naik, who is in Saudi Arabia now, said the only country which had banned him from entering was the United Kingdom.<br/><br/>He alleged that Indian newspapers picked up Dhaka newspaper report without verifying it. <br/><br/>A Dhaka report has said Bangladesh government was investigating Naik and examining the possibilities of banning his "provocative" speeches in the wake of two brutal terrorist attacks in the country within a week, in which 25 people died.<br/><br/>Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan also said their intelligence agencies were investigating the Islamic preacher.<br/><br/>Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the speeches by Zakir Naik, an old Mumbai-based televangelist that has kicked up a storm. <br/><br/>Activities of his NGO, Islamic Research Foundation, are also under the scanner of the Union Home Ministry amid allegations that funds from abroad received by it have been spent on political activities and inspiring people towards radical views.