.Photo for representation.| Photo Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Examination Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian and also preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an illegal spiritual conversion scenario. The court punished four various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to greats according to the appropriate Segments imposed on them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually sentenced under Sections 121 A (conspiring to devote particular offences versus the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to promote a design to fight), 153 A (promoting enmity in between different teams on grounds of religious beliefs, race, place of birth, residence, foreign language, and so on) and also applicable 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. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly running an across the country syndicate for theological sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was actually implicated of running a theological conversion noise via a number of companies as well as schools he cashed and also obtaining funds coming from international companies. He was actually charged of marketing enmity in between different theological teams as well as upsetting India's prepotency and stability. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.