New Delhi, March 21 -- Radical Islamist preacher Zakir Naik, wanted in India for inciting communal violence through his hate speeches, is likely to be deported from Oman, media reports said.

Indian intelligence agencies have already got in touch with Oman authorities to detain Naik during his visit to Oman on March 23.

The second lecture "Prophet Muhammad [PBUH] A Mercy to Humankind" is scheduled at Sultan Qaboos University on March 25 evening.

The local Indian embassy is in touch with agencies to detain and eventually deport him under local laws.

Indian agencies are likely to send a legal team for follow-up after detention. The matter was taken up with the Omani Ambassador by the MEA.

A criminal case was filed against him by the NIA...