.Picture for depiction.| Image Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Examination Company (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic scholar and preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an illegal spiritual conversion scenario. The courtroom penalized four other charged-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and Salim-- to 10 years of imprisonment along with greats depending on to the appropriate Parts troubled all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were pronounced guilty under Sections 121 A (maneuvering to devote specific misdemeanors against the state), 123 (concealing along with intent to help with a design to fight), 153 A (marketing enmity between distinct groups on grounds of religious beliefs, nationality, place of birth, property, foreign language, and so on) and applicable Segments of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Apprehended in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad detained Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for apparently rushing a nationally syndicate for religious conversion. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic leave, was accused of functioning a theological conversion racket through a number of organizations as well as schools he moneyed as well as getting funds coming from worldwide organizations. He was actually implicated of advertising enmity in between various theological teams and also upsetting India's prepotence as well as honesty. Released - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.