UJJAIN: An Ujjain court on Friday sentenced two activists of banned Student Islamic Movement of India ( SIMI ) to three years of rigorous imprisonment for promoting enmity on grounds of caste and religion and forging documents to secure mobile phone connections.Judicial magistrate first class Vivek Jain sentenced Mohd Akeel Quereshi and Mohd Shafi to three years of imprisonment under relevant sections of the IPC and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.Quereshi was arrested by Kharakuan police on July 25, 2006, when he was delivering an inflammatory speech in Madar Gate area. He was kept under observation by the police after SIMI leader Imran Ansari disclosed Quereshi’s association with the banned organisation. Police had recovered large quantity of inflammatory material from his residence too.Shafi had escaped during the police raid, but was later rounded up. During investigation, it was also found that the accused had forged documents to procure mobile phone SIM cards with fake names.The judge in his judgment had observed that the accused had dented the country’s social fabric by their actions.

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