Masood Madani

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]}