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“He (Zakir Naik) was trying to come to Maldives but we did not allow him to come,” former president of Maldives Nasheed, who is leading a parliamentary delegation to India, said.
Asked if there had been discussions between Maldives and Malaysia on Naik’s extradition, Nasheed said, “He was not allowed to come to the Maldives recently so there would have been discussions (between Malaysia and Maldives)”.
India has been seeking extradition of Naik, a 53-year-old radical television preacher, who left India in 2016 and subsequently moved to Malaysia.
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The ED said Naik received funds worth crores of rupees in his and his trusts’ bank accounts from unidentified “well wishers” over the years for his speeches that spread “hatred and incited Muslim youths” to take up terrorism.