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‘India relentlessly pursuing Zakir Naik extradition’: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar…

‘We want Zakir Naik’: Foreign Minister S Jaishankar rebuts Malaysian PM

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Updated: Sep 17, 2019 17:25 IST

Controversial preacher Zakir Naik

India on Tuesday strongly rebutted Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad who claimed that New Delhi had neither insisted on extradition of the controversial televangelist Zakir Naik nor was this point raised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the meeting of the two leaders earlier this month.

“Let me make it very clear for the record. We want Zakir Naik back and that is what we are working on,” Foreign Minister S Jaishankar told reporters on Tuesday. Jaishankar also said the expectation that the controversial Islamic preacher should be extradited was communicated at the meeting of the two leaders earlier this month.

First Published:
Sep 17, 2019 17:18 IST

Source: HindustanTimes