Zakir Naik one step away from being labelled fugitive as ED moves court

Zakir Naik. (Photo: PTI)

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recorded an application under the vigilant gaze of the relegated court in Mumbai to articulate the faulty Islamic Preacher Zakir Naik a 'criminal' under the Economic Offenders Act, specialists said.

This improvement will help India in the expulsion methodology of Zakir Naik, who is at present arranged in Malaysia.

Under the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act, 2018, amazing move can be made against money related blameworthy gatherings who have fled Indian domain. It obliges association and apportionment of property of criminal money related blameworthy gatherings and disentitles them from protecting any astute case.

At whatever point reported bandit, the ED will in like manner can join his abroad properties.

A Mumbai court has recently issued another non-bailable warrant (NBW) seven days back against Zakir Naik in the 2016 asserted unlawful assessment shirking case.

Seven days prior, Naik had moved a supplication through his legitimate consultant searching for time for two months to appear under the careful gaze of the court, which was rejected.

The ED has claimed to have recognized Rs 193.06 crore as the profits of bad behavior in the 2016 case.

The Islamic Preacher, who has been starting late disallowed even in Malaysia to pass on any religious talk, is managing prosecutions of propelling trepidation mongering and aggravating open agreement in the open field.

The clever workplaces have in like manner affirmed that Zakir Naik was locked in with convincing changes of people from different religions to Islam.

The National Investigative Agency (NIA) and Enforcement Directorate have recorded a chargesheet against Zakir Naik and have been endeavoring to return him to India from Malaysia.