New Delhi: The Home Ministry on Thursday suspended its four officials for their alleged role in renewing the FCRA licence of the NGO of Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who is under the scanner of security agencies for his alleged radical views.
A Home Ministry official said, “The four officials were suspended with immediate effect for their alleged role in the renewal of the FCRA licence of Naik’s NGO.” The names and ranks of the suspended officials were not known immediately.

Zakir Naik, popular controversial Islamic orator has come under the scanner of security agencies after a Bangladeshi newspaper had reported that one of the attackers of the July 1 terror strike in Dhaka had quoted Naik in one of his Facebook post. Naik is banned in the UK, Malasia and Canada for his hate speech aimed against other religions.