Mumbai: According to television reports, Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has canceled his press conference scheduled in Mumbai for Tuesday, raising questions on whether he is returning to India immediately.
Police sources said they suspect he may not subject himself to the probe ordered against him on alleged terror links. The sources added they are not however taking any chances and that police are watching his office and other properties in case he returned to the country quietly.
Zakir Naik been facing the heat following reports that his alleged "provocative" speeches had inspired some of the militants who carried out Bangladesh's worst terror attack in a cafe in capital Dhaka.
Shiv Sena, which is part of the ruling coalition in Maharashtra, has demanded that the Islamic preacher be arrested the moment he lands in India, and that his "Peace TV" network be dismantled.
Naik has however dismissed all the allegations against him.