.Image for portrayal.| Picture Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic scholar and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited theological sale situation. The courthouse sentenced 4 various other indicted– Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim– to one decade of imprisonment together with penalties depending on to the pertinent Sections imposed on all of them. Mr.
Siddiqui and 11 others were convicted under Parts 121 A (conspiring to commit certain offenses against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a layout to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity between different groups on premises of religion, nationality, birthplace, residence, language, etc) and also relevant Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs Act, 2021. The other convicts are: 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 Team jailed Mr.
Siddiqui coming from Meerut for presumably dashing an across the country syndicate for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic count on, was actually indicted of functioning a religious sale racket with many organisations as well as institutions he moneyed and acquiring funds coming from global organizations.
He was actually accused of marketing enmity between different theological groups and disturbing India’s supreme power as well as stability. Released – September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.