Indian politician
Masood Asad Madani (born 1 April 1967) is an Indian politician and Deobandi leader who had served as a Minister of State in the ND Tiwari Ministry in Government of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007.[1] He is the younger brother of former Rajya Sabha Member, Mahmood Madani and son of Asad Madani.[2][3] He was a Member of the Indian National Congress.
In 2021, Maulana had requested Government of India to recognise Taliban, as it is now changed.[4]
Personal life
In 2017, a woman filed a first information report against Maulana that he had raped her in the name of Black Magic.[5][6][7] The woman wrote in the Tahrir that she went to Piran Kaliyar where she was taken to Maulana, she had no child. Maulana called her in privacy and raped her.[8][9] He was convicted of rape and was jailed on 18 March 2017.[10][11] He was acquitted by the High Court on 6 June 2017, saying that he was covered under Honey Trap.[12][13]
Umar Madani, the son of Maulana contested the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Deoband Assembly constituency representing the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, led by Asaduddin Owaisi. He lost and managed to get only 3500 votes.[14][15][16][17]
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