.Photo for depiction.| Picture Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic historian as well as minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful religious conversion situation. The courtroom punished four various other charged– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim– to one decade of imprisonment together with penalties depending on to the appropriate Areas imposed on them. Mr.
Siddiqui and 11 others were actually founded guilty under Areas 121 A (maneuvering to commit certain offences against the state), 123 (concealing with intent to assist in a design to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity in between various groups on reasons of faith, race, birthplace, house, foreign language, and so on) and also appropriate Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Faith Act, 2021. The 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 apprehended Mr.
Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly running a nationally syndicate for religious sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust, was accused of functioning a theological sale racket by means of numerous organizations as well as institutions he moneyed and also getting funds coming from international companies.
He was charged of promoting enmity between different theological teams and also disturbing India’s prepotency as well as integrity. Published – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.