LUCKNOW, July 16 -- Bringing to a close a trial that stretched over a decade, a special NIA court in Lucknow on Thursday convicted alleged Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) operative Qurban Ali in a 2013 terror conspiracy case and sentenced him to five years' rigorous imprisonment for offences linked to waging war against the nation, forgery and illegal possession of arms.

Special judge (NIA) Umeshankar Jindal sentenced Qurban Ali to five years' rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs.7,000 after convicting him of criminal conspiracy, conspiracy to wage war against the government of India, collecting arms for waging war, forgery and offences under the Arms Act. For the offences of cheating and forgery, the court also awarded him th...