KAULA LUMPUR: Malaysian Inspector-General of Police confirms that Dr Zakir Naik will not be extradited to India on Wednesday.
Speaking to Malaysia’s oldest news portal, The Star, Tan Sri Mohamad Fuzi Harun said that there was no truth in Indian media that reports about Islamic speaker being deported on Wednesday.
“It is not true. He will not be extradited to India tonight,” he told The Star on Wednesday (July 4).
According to a report by NDTV had quoting an unnamed Malaysian source as saying that, “He( Naik) is out of the country tonight. He will be taking a flight to India today I believe.” Times Now channel claimed it had first broken the news adding that the development was massive. The channel went on to add that Naik’s reported extradition was only possible because of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent trip to Malaysia. The channel implied that the real motive behind Modi’s recent trip to Malaysia was to secure Naik’s extradition.
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Naik, meanwhile issued statement through his organisation Islamic Research Foundation denying the reports of his return to India tonight.
The statement said, “I have no plans to come to India till I don’t feel safe from unfair prosecution. When I feel that the government will be just and fair, I will surely return to my homeland.”
The news of my coming to India is totally baseless and false. I have no plans to come to India till I don't feel safe from unfair prosecution. Insha Allah when I feel that the government will be just and fair, I will surely return to my homeland: Zakir Naik statement (File pic) pic.twitter.com/mrM8ApGAnv
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2018
His lawyer, Mobin Solkar too denied the reports of his extradition. “This news is absolutely false and baseless as he (Zakir Naik) is not coming to India today. As far as the extradition process is concerned, it was earlier reported that the Indian Govt has initiated extradition proceedings but there has been no progress,” Solkar was quoted by ANI.
This news is absolutely false and baseless as he (Zakir Naik) is not coming to India today. As far as extradition process is concerned, it was earlier reported that Indian Govt has initiated extradition proceedings but there has been no progress: Mubin Solkar, Zakir Naik's lawyer pic.twitter.com/sH6cTkNUkt
— ANI (@ANI) July 4, 2018
The National Investigation Agency (NIA), that is probing the cases againstDr. Naik, on Wednesday too denied having any information about his return to India. “We have no such information as of now. We are verifying it,” said Alok Mittal Spokesperson of the NIA was quoted by news agency ANI.