.Image for depiction.| Photograph Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic historian as well as preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life jail time in an illegal theological conversion instance. The courtroom punished four other charged– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim– to 10 years of imprisonment along with penalties depending on to the pertinent Segments troubled them. Mr.
Siddiqui and also 11 others were founded guilty under Sections 121 A (conniving to devote particular offenses against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a design to wage war), 153 A (marketing enmity in between distinct groups on grounds of religion, ethnicity, birthplace, residence, language, and so on) and also appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation of Religion 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 also Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr.
Siddiqui from Meerut for apparently jogging a countrywide syndicate for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic trust fund, was implicated of functioning a spiritual transformation racket via several organisations and institutions he financed and also receiving funds coming from worldwide organisations.
He was actually accused of promoting enmity between different theological teams as well as troubling India’s prepotence and stability. Released – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.