.Graphic for depiction.| Picture Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual as well as preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to life imprisonment in an unlawful spiritual transformation case. The courthouse penalized 4 various other implicated– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim– to one decade of jail time along with penalties according to the relevant Segments imposed on all of them. Mr.
Siddiqui and 11 others were sentenced under Sections 121 A (confederating to devote specific offenses versus the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to assist in a concept to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity between various groups on grounds of religious beliefs, nationality, place of birth, house, foreign language, and so on) as well as pertinent Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs Show, 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 also Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad imprisoned Mr.
Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly running a nationally organization for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic leave, was accused of functioning a spiritual transformation noise through several companies and also universities he financed and obtaining funds from international organisations.
He was charged of marketing enmity in between various theological teams and upsetting India’s prepotency and integrity. Published – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.