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NIA files charge sheet against Zakir Naik in hate speech case

The National Investigation Agency, NIA today filed a charge sheet in a special court in Mumbai against controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik for allegedly inciting youth to take up terror activities, giving hate speeches and promoting enmity between communities.<br/><br/>An NIA official said, Naik who is currently abroad, is being probed under terror and money-laundering charges by<br/>the NIA.<br/><br/>Zakir Naik fled from India on July 1, 2016, after terrorists in neighbouring Bangladesh claimed that they were inspired by his speeches.<br/><br/>The NIA had on November 18, 2016, registered a case against Naik. His Mumbai-based NGO, Islamic Research Foundation has already been declared an unlawful association by the Union Home ministry.

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