.Picture for portrayal.| Photograph Credit History: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An exclusive National Investigation Agency (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) sentenced Islamic intellectual and also minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to life jail time in a prohibited spiritual transformation scenario. The courthouse punished 4 various other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of jail time in addition to greats depending on to the appropriate Segments imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui as well as 11 others were actually sentenced under Sections 121 A (conniving to dedicate certain infractions against the condition), 123 (covering with intent to promote a design to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity in between distinct groups on reasons of religion, ethnicity, birthplace, property, language, etc) and appropriate Parts of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religious Beliefs 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 Squad apprehended Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for presumably dashing an across the country organization for spiritual conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic trust fund, was accused of operating a spiritual transformation racket through numerous companies as well as institutions he moneyed and acquiring funds coming from international organizations. He was accused of ensuring enmity in between different spiritual teams and also upsetting India's prepotence as well as integrity. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.