Probe ordered into Zakir Naik’s speeches
The Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered a probe into Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s speeches that were reported to have inspired some of the Dhaka attackers while the Centre said “appropriate action” would be taken against him.
As Mr. Naik came under the scanner, Congress leader Digivjaya Singh was in the BJP’s line of fire after a 2012 video, showing him share a dais with the televangelist at an event to promote communal harmony, surfaced on Thursday.
The video triggered a slugfest between the BJP and the Congress.
Security personnel were deployed outside Mr. Naik’s ‘Islamic Research Foundation’ office at Dongri in south Mumbai as a precautionary measure in the wake of the escalating row over his alleged hate speeches.(SOURCES)
