.Picture for portrayal.| Photo Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic academic and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful religious transformation scenario. The courtroom punished four other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment together with fines depending on to the pertinent Sections imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were sentenced under Sections 121 A (confederating to commit specific infractions versus the state), 123 (covering with intent to promote a design to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity between unique groups on premises of religion, nationality, place of birth, home, language, etc) as well as appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Sale 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 Team imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for supposedly jogging an all over the country organization for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust, was actually implicated of working a spiritual sale racket via several organisations and universities he cashed and acquiring funds from worldwide organisations. He was charged of ensuring enmity between different theological groups and also disturbing India's prepotency as well as honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.