It said that Saudi's King Salman 'personally intervened' to grant citizenship to Naik to 'save him from arrest by Interpol'.
Naik is being probed under terror and money-laundering charges by the NIA.
Naik failed to respond to a showcause notice issued to him for personal appearance by July 13.
Trump spoke with the Saudi King Salman over missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi and "immediately" dispatched his top diplomat to Riyadh.
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