Iqbal Kaskar, brother of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, who was arrested by the crime branch of the Thane Police revealed that the fugitive gangster used to fund Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). Kaskar has made the shocking revelation during interrogation in police custody.
However, this is not the first time when Zakir Naik’s connection with Dawood Ibrahim has come to light.
Earlier, Zakir Naik’s chief financial officer (CFO) Aamir Gazdar had also claimed that the prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts funded Zakir Naik’s NGO.
Gazdar had alleged that the said funding by Dawood Ibrahim used to take place through a mediator – Sultan Ahmed.
The Enforcement Directorate had also previously hinted that Islamic Research Foundation(IRF) was getting financial aid from the Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistan’s spy agency ISI.
