Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, facing multiple inquiries over allegedly incendiary speeches, on Friday said that he has no plans of returning to India this year. "I'm an NRI and am supposed to live outside India. I do not have plans of coming back till end of this year. I have schedules outside," said Naik.

Speaking over Skype from Medina in Saudi Arabia to mediapersons assembled at a banquet hall in Mazgaon in Mumbai on Friday, the televangelist, who had cancelled his news conferences thrice citing various reasons, said he has never inspired terror activity and termed his controversial speeches "doctored" or "blown out of context", for which he has filed defamation case against 10 media houses.