Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik issued a statement saying he will address the media via Skype on July 14.

According to his spokesperson, Thursday’s press conference ‘will also be addressed by some eminent personalities from various fields.’ ‘It will include some Bollywood members, lawyers and members of NGOs,’ he said, reports Times of India.

Currently in Medina in Saudi Arabia, the preacher is facing a probe by central and state agencies which are studying his speeches and writings to assess if there are grounds for his prosecution for hate speech and incitement against other faiths. But there is still no word on when Naik intends to return.

Through his spokesperson, Naik reiterated on Tuesday that no agency had approached him for clarifications on allegedly inspiring some of the perpetrators of the July 1 Dhaka massacre through his puritanical Salafist speeches.

Earlier his spokesperson had said Naik postponed his return by 2-3 weeks because he was headed for South Africa to attend conferences. Senior criminal lawyer and NCP member Majeed Memon, who had backed Naik’s fight to get the UK ban revoked in 2010, said he had not been approached by Naik’s supporters to be part of Thursday’s press conference. However, Memon criticised Majlise Ittihadul Muslimeen legislator Imtiaz Jaleel’s statement giving Naik a clean chit. ‘If there are allegations, let Naik explain them and come out clean.’