.Graphic for representation.| Photo Credit Report: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic academic and sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle jail time in an unlawful religious transformation situation. The court sentenced 4 other accused-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to one decade of jail time together with greats according to the appropriate Parts imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually sentenced under Sections 121 A (conspiring to devote particular offenses against the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to help with a layout to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity in between various groups on premises of faith, race, birthplace, house, language, and so on) and also appropriate Sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion 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 also Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team apprehended Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for allegedly jogging a nationwide distribute for religious transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic leave, was accused of operating a theological conversion racket via a number of organisations and also institutions he funded as well as getting funds coming from global organisations. He was actually implicated of promoting enmity in between different theological teams and also distressing India's prepotence and honesty. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.