.Image for representation.| Image Credit Score: Getty Images/iStockphoto.A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Lucknow on Wednesday (September 11, 2024) penalized Islamic intellectual as well as sermonizer Maulana Kalim Siddiqui in addition to 11 others to lifestyle imprisonment in an unlawful spiritual sale situation. The courtroom sentenced four various other implicated-- Kunal Ashok Chaudhary, Rahul Bola, Mannu Yadav as well as Salim-- to ten years of imprisonment along with greats depending on to the relevant Segments troubled them. Mr. Siddiqui and 11 others were actually sentenced under Areas 121 A (confederating to dedicate certain infractions versus the state), 123 (hiding with intent to assist in a style to wage war), 153 A (promoting enmity in between distinct teams on premises of religious beliefs, nationality, place of birth, property, language, etc) and also pertinent Areas of the Uttar Pradesh Restriction of Unlawful Transformation of Religion Show, 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 Abdullah Umar. Arrested in 2021 In 2021, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Team arrested Mr. Siddiqui coming from Meerut for presumably running a countrywide organization for spiritual sale. Mr. Siddiqui, 66, president of an Islamic count on, was implicated of working a religious sale racket with several organisations as well as schools he financed and receiving funds coming from global organizations. He was accused of advertising enmity in between various theological teams and disturbing India's supreme power and also stability. Posted - September 11, 2024 10:30 pm IST.