{"id":10812,"date":"2016-07-14T09:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T09:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalpress.hinduismnow.org?p=10808&amp;preview_id=10808"},"modified":"2016-07-14T09:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T09:25:27","slug":"sadhvi-prachi-offers-rs-50-lakh-reward-for-zakir-naiks-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/?p=10812","title":{"rendered":"Sadhvi Prachi offers Rs 50-lakh reward for Zakir Naik\u2019s death | The Indian Express"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"storycenterbyline\" class=\"editor\">Pro-Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi Wednesday announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh to any person \u201cwho will behead\u201d Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik. Prachi made the announcement while speaking to mediapersons at Roorkee in Uttarakhand.<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have announced the reward because Zakir Naik is not a religious preacher, but a terrorist,\u201d Prachi later told The Indian Express.<\/p>\n<p>A former Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader, Prachi however, clarified that she has made the announcement in her personal capacity and it was not to be associated with the outfit.<\/p>\n<p>She said that the government should probe the terror links of all \u201csuch preachers working in madrasas\u201d across the country.Prachi also claimed that soon after her announcement, she received an anonymous call, probably originating from some other country, issuing threats. \u201cThe caller introduced himself as Shahid and threatened to kidnap me,\u201d Prachi said, adding that she will lodge a complaint with the police Thursday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes a day after a Shia group, identifying itself as Hussaini Tigers, offered Rs 15 lakh bounty on Naik\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Naik) is a \u2018khalnayak\u2019. He has insulted the Prophet and whosoever kills him would be rewarded not only in life\u2026but would also get cash reward from us,\u201d the outfit\u2019s chief, Syed Kalbe Hussain Naqvi, had said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/indianexpress.com\/tag\/facebook\/\">Facebook<\/a> post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi Wednesday announced a reward of Rs 50 lakh to any person \u201cwho will behead\u201d Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik. Prachi made the announcement while speaking to mediapersons at Roorkee in Uttarakhand. \u201cI have announced the reward because Zakir Naik is not a religious preacher, but a terrorist,\u201d Prachi later told [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1153,1184,18],"tags":[346,1152,1363,1935,333,85,1925],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10812\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalpress-new.hinduismnow.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}