.Photo for representation.| Image Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic scholar and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui along with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in a prohibited religious sale case. The courtroom punished 4 various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time together with greats depending on to the applicable Parts troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually convicted under Areas 121 A (maneuvering to devote certain offences against the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to assist in a style to fight), 153 A (ensuring enmity in between different teams on grounds of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, property, language, and so on) and also applicable Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Sale of Religious Beliefs 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for presumably rushing an across the country organization for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was charged of operating a spiritual transformation racket via numerous companies and also universities he financed and also acquiring funds coming from worldwide companies. He was actually indicted of promoting enmity between various religious groups and also distressing India's prepotency as well as honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.