Three junior officials of the Union Home Ministry were removed on Thursday after it was found that the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act license of a non-profit headed by Salafi preacher Zakir Naik -- who is currently being probed for allegedly motivating acts of terror -- had been renewed as an oversight.
Sources told that the license of Islamic Research Foundation was renewed on August 19 even as the government initiated the inquiry against Naik and his organisation. Both are under the scanner of the Maharashtra government and the Union Home Ministry.
An FCRA license allows a NGO receive foreign donations.
"Although there is no case against Naik, the FCRA license was renewed when the probe was on, therefore the officers were removed," a senior official told .
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