India has made a formal request to Malaysia to extradite the controversial Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik, who is wanted on charges of spreading extremism and money laundering.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Wednesday confirmed the request had been made and rejected suggestions by the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad this week that the 53-year-old preacher might be unable to get a fair trial if he returned home.
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