.Picture for depiction.| Picture Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian as well as minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in a prohibited spiritual conversion situation. The courtroom punished four other indicted-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment together with greats depending on to the applicable Areas troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually sentenced under Parts 121 A (conspiring to devote specific misdemeanors against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to assist in a style to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between different groups on grounds of religion, ethnicity, birthplace, residence, foreign language, etc) as well as relevant Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Sale of Faith Act, 2021. The various 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. Jailed in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for supposedly running a nationally syndicate for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic count on, was actually implicated of functioning a theological sale racket by means of numerous companies as well as colleges he moneyed and acquiring funds from worldwide organizations. He was actually implicated of advertising enmity between different spiritual teams and disturbing India's sovereignty as well as stability. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.