.Image for representation.| Photograph Debt: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Inspection Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic intellectual as well as minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an illegal spiritual transformation scenario. The courthouse penalized four other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment alongside greats according to the applicable Parts troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually sentenced under Segments 121 A (conspiring to devote specific offenses against the state), 123 (hiding along with intent to help with a layout to fight), 153 A (marketing enmity between various groups on premises of religion, ethnicity, birthplace, residence, language, etc) as well as relevant Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Transformation 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 and Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for purportedly running a countrywide distribute for spiritual transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic depend on, was actually indicted of working a spiritual transformation racket with numerous organizations and institutions he financed and receiving funds coming from worldwide companies. He was implicated of marketing enmity between different religious teams and also upsetting India's prepotence and also stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.