.Image for depiction.| Image Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic historian and also sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in a prohibited religious sale case. The courtroom sentenced four other charged– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim– to one decade of jail time together with penalties according to the applicable Segments imposed on them. Mr.
Siddiqui and 11 others were actually pronounced guilty under Parts 121 A (maneuvering to commit specific infractions versus the condition), 123 (concealing along with intent to assist in a concept to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity between different teams on reasons of religion, ethnicity, birthplace, property, foreign language, etc) and also appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs Act, 2021. The various other convicts are actually: Maulana Umar Gautam, Arshan Mustafa, Adam, Jahangir Qasmi, Kaushar Alam, Faraz Babullah Shah, Irfan Sheikh, Salahuddin Zainuddin Sheikh, Sarfaraz Ali Jafari, Mohd Atif and Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad imprisoned Mr.
Siddiqui coming from Meerut for purportedly running an across the country syndicate for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic depend on, was implicated of functioning a spiritual conversion racket by means of a number of organizations as well as colleges he moneyed and also acquiring funds coming from global organisations.
He was accused of marketing enmity in between different spiritual groups and also distressing India’s supreme power and also honesty. Published – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.