The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday has attached properties worth Rs 16.40 crores in Mumbai and Pune belonging to controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED had initiated an investigation on the basis of the charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on October 26, 2017, in Mumbai's special NIA court against Zakir and others.

According to the NIA charge sheet, Naik deliberately and maliciously insulted the religious beliefs of Hindus, Christians, and non-Wahabi Muslims, particularly Shia, Sufi, and Barelwis, with the intention of outraging their religious feelings. Islamic Research Foundation and M/s. Harmony Media has been instrumental in the maximum circulation of such incriminating speeches. For such activities, the accused was receiving funds from the Islamic Research Foundation as well as other unknown sources.