Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik has been granted Saudi nationality
Dr Zakir has an Interpol Red Notice on him calling for his arrest and is also is a wanted man in India for allegedly financing terror activities and money-laundering.
The 51-year-old preacher left India last year in an apparent bid to evade arrest after some of those involved in the Dhaka terror attack, which saw people hacked to death, claimed that they were inspired by him.
Indian enforcement officials have cancelled Dr Zakir’s passport and approached Interpol to issue a Red Notice, which requests member nations to locate and provisionally arrest an individual pending extradition.
Dr Zakir, who was in Saudi Arabia, would be forced to return to India if his passport was revoked.
Mumbai passport office did not appear to have anticipated Saudi Arabia granting citizenship to him and moved to revoke his passport while a special court sent out an arrest warrant for him.
Dr Zakir was denied entry into Canada and the United Kingdom in 2012 after reportedly expressing support for terrorist group Al-Qaeda.
Peace TV, his television channel, has also been banned in Bangladesh, Canada and in the United Kingdom.
However, it recently came to light that he was given Permanent Resident (PR) status in Malaysia five years ago.
