The National Investigation Agency, NIA has directed banks to freeze accounts belonging to preacher Zakir Naik and his Islamic Research Foundation, IRF till further directions. <br/><br/>Quoting official sources PTI said, the move to block his bank accounts was taken after the NIA claimed to have seized documents which showed ISIS recruit Abu Anas had received Rs 80,000 from the IRF as scholarship in October 2015. <br/><br/>Earlier the NIA had registered a case against Mr Naik, IRF and unnamed office bearers of the foundation under section 153-A of IPC besides various sections of anti-terror law Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. <br/><br/>Sources said, NIA has also written to Union Home Ministry for banning the webiste run by the IRF and as well as suspending its online activities which inlcudes videos of speeches on social networking sites.