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Indian Muslim Shia group, Anjuman-e-Haideri has revealed it has offered to pay the medical bills of Ibraheem Zakzaky, the leader of
a banned Shia organisation in Nigeria.
Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife, who have been in custody for
four years in Nigeria, arrived in India on Monday after being granted
permission to travel as long as they were accompanied by a government security
escort to ensure their return.
Bahadur Naqvi, Anjuman-e-Haideri's general secretary, told
the BBC that his group had written to the Medanta Hospital, where the couple
were admitted, offering to pay the bills .
"We have his medical report and it will take at least
six months to treat, but doctors are saying it may take one to two years
because of lead poisons in his blood," Mr Naqvi said.
He said the group had estimated a cost of $500,000
(£414,000) based on the report given by the hospital.
He did not say if the hospital in Gurgaon had accepted the
offer.
Anjuman-e-Haideri is not the only group offering the medical
bills.
London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) has
reportedly also offered, but a source has told the BBC that it is unlikely to
be given clearance by Indian authorities to do so as it is a a foreign
organisation.
Sheikh Zakzaky, 66, is facing charges of culpable homicide
and other offences, all of which he denies.
He has also denied that his movement, which runs hospitals
and schools in some states in northern Nigeria, gets any funding from Iran.
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