.Graphic for depiction.| Image Credit Scores: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Inspection Organization (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic academic as well as minister Maulana Kalim Siddiqui together with 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful religious transformation situation. The courthouse penalized four various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment in addition to penalties depending on to the applicable Segments imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were founded guilty under Parts 121 A (confederating to commit certain infractions against the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to facilitate a style to fight), 153 A (advertising enmity in between various groups on premises of faith, race, place of birth, property, language, etc) and relevant Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religious Beliefs Act, 2021. The 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. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad jailed Mr. Siddiqui from Meerut for apparently rushing a nationally distribute for theological conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic rely on, was indicted of working a religious transformation racket with a number of organizations and schools he funded and also acquiring funds coming from worldwide organisations. He was actually accused of advertising enmity in between various theological groups as well as upsetting India's supreme power and also integrity. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.