After revealing the investigations of the Dhaka Terror Attack in July 2016 published by The Daily Star that a terrorist involved in the brutal killings followed Zakir Naik's page on Facebook and was influenced[1] by Naik's speeches,[154] The terrorist had posted sermons of Zakir Naik on social media where Naik urged "all Muslims to be terrorists"[3][155] Indian Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju said, "Zakir Naik's speech is a matter of concern for us. Our agencies are working on this."[156] He was then termed a controversial as well as a popular figure by the media.[17][6] After 2 days in investigation, the Maharashtra State Intelligence Department (SID) gave a clean chit to Zakir Naik and said that Naik would not and cannot be arrested on his return to India as the probe ordered by the Maharashtra government did not find any other strong evidence to link Naik to terror-related activities.[157] The Daily Star apologized to Naik over the Dhaka Terror Attack controversy and stated that they never blamed him for the attack.[158] The newspaper quoted that it only reported how youth were misinterpreting his speeches.[158][159][160] However, soon thereafter the Bangladesh Government banned the broadcast of Naik's Peace TV channel.[161] Hasanul Haq Inu, the Information Minister, and well known leftist politician, reasoned that "Peace TV is not consistent with Muslim society, the Quran, Sunnah, Hadith, Bangladesh's Constitution, our culture, customs and rituals"[12]