MUMBAI: Indian police officials were deployed outside the office of renowned Muslim figure Zakir Naik on Thursday, Times of India reported.
Media sources earlier accused that Rohan Imtiaz, one of the five suspected militants involved in the recent Dhaka bloodbath, ran a “propaganda campaign on Facebook last year quoting Naik’s speech on Peace TV.”
Naik has rubbished reports of inspiring the attacker. He said he never condoned terrorism or killing of innocent people in his speeches.
“Just because a person knows a personality who is famous and a celebrity, you cannot attribute every act of the person to the celebrity,” Naik said in a WhatsApp video.
“If you listen to my talks, you will never ever find in any of them that I have condoned terrorism or killing of an innocent human being,” he said.
Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju earlier this week said “Zakir Naik’s speech is a matter of concern for us. Our agencies are working on this.”
Security personnel have been deployed outside Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) office in Mumbai as a “precautionary measure,” a senior Mumbai police official said.
“We have neither received any threat perception nor particular instructions from the state or Central government. We have deployed our forces only as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident,” he said.
Media sources earlier accused that Rohan Imtiaz, one of the five suspected militants involved in the recent Dhaka bloodbath, ran a “propaganda campaign on Facebook last year quoting Naik’s speech on Peace TV.”
Naik has rubbished reports of inspiring the attacker. He said he never condoned terrorism or killing of innocent people in his speeches.
“Just because a person knows a personality who is famous and a celebrity, you cannot attribute every act of the person to the celebrity,” Naik said in a WhatsApp video.
“If you listen to my talks, you will never ever find in any of them that I have condoned terrorism or killing of an innocent human being,” he said.
Indian Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju earlier this week said “Zakir Naik’s speech is a matter of concern for us. Our agencies are working on this.”
Security personnel have been deployed outside Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) office in Mumbai as a “precautionary measure,” a senior Mumbai police official said.
“We have neither received any threat perception nor particular instructions from the state or Central government. We have deployed our forces only as a precautionary measure to avoid any untoward incident,” he said.
