The NIA had on Saturday carried out searches at 12 IRF premises in Mumbai after registering a case against Naik and others under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday said it had so far completed raids at 17 premises connected to controversial televangelist Zakir Naik's NGO Islamic Research Foundation, while searches at two other premises were still underway. The raids began early on Saturday morning at IRF's Dongri office. The agency has also blocked all social media content with Naik's speeches, including IRF's official website.
"We have seized a large stash of data from Harmony Media, which used to produce and supply media content for Peace TV. We have seized incriminating documents and digital devices from the premises. We will start scrutinising all digital material and documents seized from Tuesday onwards," an NIA source said.
"As part of the investigation, all action that needs to be taken against a proscribed organisation, including banning of its online activities, are being undertaken," an NIA officer said.
An employee of Harmony Media, on the condition of anonymity, said, "We have been asked not to conduct any kind of activity, but have been told to cooperate with the agency in the investigation. All the offices, including IRF and Harmony Media, were rented premises. The owners have also removed the board from IRF's office."
The NIA had on Saturday carried out searches at 12 IRF premises in Mumbai after registering a case against Naik and others under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. The agency had seized Rs 12 lakh cash and incriminating documents, during their raids on various premises, including IRF's head office.
Naik allegedly transferred IRF's foreign funds to Peace TV to make objectionable programmes. Most of which "urged all Muslims to be terrorists" through Peace TV. "NIA has started the process for blocking the URLs of online platforms connected to IRF and Zakir Naik including but not restricted to websites, Facebook and YouTube. It is being done following the due process of the extant statutes," NIA spokesperson said.
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