.Photo for depiction.| Image Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Examination Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in a prohibited spiritual conversion instance. The courtroom penalized 4 various other accused– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim– to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to penalties according to the applicable Areas troubled all of them. Mr.
Siddiqui and also 11 others were convicted under Parts 121 A (confederating to commit certain offences against the condition), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a design to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity between various teams on grounds of religious beliefs, ethnicity, place of birth, residence, foreign language, etc) as well as appropriate Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Show, 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team detained Mr.
Siddiqui from Meerut for purportedly dashing a nationwide organization for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic leave, was actually accused of working a religious conversion racket by means of several companies and also universities he financed and obtaining funds from international companies.
He was indicted of ensuring enmity between different theological groups as well as distressing India’s supreme power and also integrity. Published – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.