New Delhi rebuts PM’s ‘India don’t want Zakir back’ claim

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New Delhi rebuts PM’s ‘India don’t want Zakir back’ claim
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Indian minister says it has instead been 'persistently and relentlessly' pursuing the fugitive.

New Delhi has rebutted Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s assertion that India did not insist on the return on Islamic preacher Dr Zakir Naik., Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar was quoted saying that India has instead been “persistently and relentlessly” pursuing the fugitive.

He currently lives in Malaysia, where he enjoys permanent resident status granted by the BN-led government.“There is an extradition request . We want Zakir Naik back and that is what we are working on,” Jaishankar was quoted telling reporters there yesterday.between the two prime ministers in Russia earlier this month.

During the interview, the premier insisted that no other country was willing to accept Zakir. He added that India also had not insisted on the preacher’s return.

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