.Image for portrayal.| Image Credit Rating: Getty Images/iStockphoto.An unique National Investigation Firm (NIA) court of law in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) punished Islamic historian as well as preacher Maulana Kalim Siddiqui alongside 11 others to life imprisonment in an unlawful religious transformation case. The court sentenced four various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav and also Salim-- to ten years of jail time together with fines according to the applicable Sections imposed on all of them. Mr. Siddiqui and also 11 others were actually sentenced under Areas 121 A (confederating to commit particular offences against the condition), 123 (hiding with intent to facilitate a style to wage war), 153 A (advertising enmity between unique groups on grounds of faith, ethnicity, birthplace, property, language, etc) and applicable Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion Show, 2021. The various 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 as well as Abdullah Umar. Detained in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team imprisoned Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for allegedly rushing a nationally organization for spiritual transformation. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, head of state of an Islamic trust, was charged of functioning a spiritual transformation racket via several companies and also schools he cashed and also obtaining funds coming from international organizations. He was implicated of ensuring enmity between different spiritual groups and also troubling India's prepotency and also stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.