The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on March 23, conducted raids in Maharashtra's Nagpur at the house of Abdul Muqtadir for his suspected links with Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, reports India Today. The officials also searched the house of Abdul's neighbours. NIA stated that Abdul Muqtadir spoke to a maulana in Pakistan in 2017, after which he went to Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli and made a call to Pakistan from there. After that, he was on the NIA's radar. Sources also stated that Abdul had also spoken to members of Zakir Naik's organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). Zakir Naik is accused of instigating Muslim youth and terrorists in India and abroad to commit terrorist acts.