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Banned group Students’ Islamic Movement of India SIMI chief Safdar Hussain Nagori and 10 other activists of the group were on Monday awarded life imprisonment in a 2008 sedition case by a special court in Indore.

Special Additional Sessions Judge B K Paloda pronounced all the 11 SIMI activists guilty of sedition and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and also under the relevant provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

The 11 SIMI activists were arrested from Indore on the intervening night of May 26-27, 2008. Pistols, cartridges, veils and inflammatory literature were seized from them and on their information, a large cache of explosive material was also recovered.