New Delhi, April 14 -- The Lucknow special court (SPL) of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sentenced three more accused in a 2021 Al-Qaeda linked radicalisation and recruitment case.

The three men have been identified as Museeruddin alias Raju and Minhaj Ahmad alias Minhaj of Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh), and Tawheed Ahmad Shah alias Sobu Shah, hailing from the district Budgam of J&K. All three have been convicted and sentenced under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Explosive Substances Act, and Arms Act.

The special court on Monday pronounced varying jail terms, ranging from 5 years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) to life imprisonment, against these accused. All the sente...