Dhaka: Dhaka: There is not enough evidence to arrest Zakir Naik though reports suggested that two of the Dhaka attackers were followers of the controversial Mumbai preacher, Indian government sources said on Tuesday.
The sources said Naik has been on the radar of investigating agencies for a few months now but yet there was no evidence against him that was admissible in court.
Media reports in Dhaka said two of the Dhaka terrorists who hacked to death 20 people at a restaurant in Dhaka's diplomatic zone used to follow three controversial Islamists, including Indian preacher Zakir Nayek.
Rohan Imtiaz , son of an Awami League leader, propagated on Facebook last year quoting Peace TV's controversial preacher Naik "urging all Muslims to be terrorists", the Daily Star reported.
Naik, a popular but controversial Islamic orator and founder of Mumbai-based Islamic Research Foundation, is banned in UK and Canada for his hate speech aimed against other religions. He is among the 16 banned Islamic scholars in Malaysia.
He is wildly popular in Bangladesh through his Peace TV although his preaching often demeans other religions and even other Muslim sects, the report said.
Another Dhaka attacker, Nibras Islam, 22, used to follow two alleged suspected recruiters of Islamic State – Anjem Choudary and Shami Witness - on Twitter in 2014.
(With PTI inputs)
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