The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has refused to share details of request to Malaysia seeking extradition of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, being probed in India for alleged terror charges, citing RTI clauses that bars disclosure of information received in confidence from foreign government, among others.

In response to an RTI application filed by this PTI correspondent, the ministry said there are 160 extradition requests from India pending with various foreign countries. To a query seeking details of extradition request made by India and response received from Malaysia, it said ¿the information cannot be provided pursuant to Section 8 (1) (a) (f) and (h) of the Right to Information Act, 2005.