Hindu boy harassed and threatened by Muslim men for being seen in company of Muslim girl

Case ID : 069ce7d | Location : Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Thu, 9 October, 2025

Case ID : 069ce7d

Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, India

9 October, 2025

Hindu boy harassed and threatened by Muslim men for being seen in company of Muslim girl

Men attacked for being associated with non-Hindu women

Attacked/killed for being associated or suspicion of being associated with Muslim woman

Case Summary

In the Kotkadar area of Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu youth was harassed and threatened by three Muslim men for being seen in the company of a Muslim girl. According to reports, the Hindu youth, an intermediate student, was returning home from tuition with his classmate, a Muslim girl, who was also his cousin. The two stopped briefly near an under-construction colony in the Kotkadar area when three Muslim men, Aqib, Aavesh, and Arafat, approached them and began harassing them. They snatched the keys and began interrogating the girl, demanding to know why she was travelling with a Hindu boy. Despite her repeated explanations that the Hindu boy was her relative and that they were returning from tuition together, the accused continued to intimidate and humiliate them. They threatened the Hindu boy, asking how he could be seen standing with a Muslim girl. The Muslim men also filmed the ordeal and subsequently uploaded the video on social media, where it quickly went viral. In the footage, the visibly distressed students can be heard pleading with the men and insisting that they knew each other. Seeing the commotion, some bystanders attempted to intervene; however, the accused continued their harassment. Once the video circulated widely online, the Bijnor police acted swiftly, identified the three accused and arrested them. A case was registered under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Information Technology Act. The Superintendent of Police stated that such conduct disrupts social harmony and that strict action would be taken against those who attempt to take the law into their own hands. The police further emphasised that no one has the right to interfere in personal relationships or harass individuals based on religious prejudice.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of: - Men attacked for being associated with non-Hindu women. Within it, the sub-category selected is: - Attacked/killed for being associated or suspicion of being associated with Muslim woman. There have been several cases documented of Hindu men/boys being attacked specifically by Muslim groups/mobs for merely being associated or suspicion of being associated or being seen with a Muslim woman in public. In most of such cases, the Hindu man is not in a relationship with the Muslim woman, however, the mob proceeds to threaten and/or assault the Hindu man for merely being associated with the Muslim woman in any capacity. The rise of such crimes stems from a particularly sinister campaign run by several Muslim ideologues and activists. The campaign claims that Hindu men are attempting to ‘lure’ Muslim women into relationships to ensure that Muslim women leave their faith and follow Hinduism. The propaganda has been spearheaded with the help of WhatsApp groups and the extensive use of social media, sans evidence of the same. In many cases, pamphlets were fabricated to lend credence to this campaign. The root of this campaign lies in the fact that several cases of sectarian crimes against Hindu women in relationships with Muslim men have been documented. In such cases, Hindu women have often been forced/pressured to convert to Islam, assaulted, threatened and even murdered owing specifically to their religious identity and their refusal to give up that religious identity to adopt Islam. To delegitimize the suffering of Hindu women when such sectarian crimes are committed against them, the theory of ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’ was floated by sections of the Muslim community. As this theory gained traction, Muslim mobs started targeting Hindu men who were seen with Muslim women. In several such cases, the Hindu man was assaulted merely for offering to drop a Muslim woman in his vehicle or being friends. The differentiating factor between such cases and legitimate cases of Hindu women being targeted while in a relationship with Muslim men is that there is no sectarian violence, and force/pressure to convert. The nature of sectarian violence against Hindu women is not about two adults in a consensual relationship, working together, studying together, or even marrying each other where religious considerations are declared. In this category of crimes, it is pertinent to remember that in none of the cases, there is an element of the Hindu man masking his identity or forced religious conversion. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. This case is a clear instance of a religiously motivated hate crime against Hindus, where the victim, a Hindu youth, was harassed and threatened for being in the company of a Muslim girl. The incident was not triggered by any inappropriate behaviour or public misconduct but solely by the religious identities of the individuals involved. It must be noted here that both the individuals present in this case were together of their own free will. Thus, the Muslim girl was with the Hindu boy of her own volition. The Muslim aggressors took issue with the fact that a Muslim girl, visibly wearing a burqa, was in the company of a Hindu boy. This reaction was not motivated by concern for the girl’s safety or consent, but rather by an ingrained religious bias and a desire to enforce sectarian boundaries through intimidation. Harassing the duo, threatening the boy, and shaming them by recording their video was aimed at shaming the individuals involved and sending a broader message of religious control within public spaces. This was not an isolated outburst, but a targeted act driven by a deeply ingrained hostility toward the Hindu identity of the boy. The actions were deliberate, unprovoked, and carried out with the intent to publicly enforce a discriminatory belief system that denies Hindu men the right to freely associate with Muslim women. The justification for such actions stems from the conspiracy theory of ‘Bhagwa Love Trap’, which is explicitly rooted in anti-Hindu sentiment. This false narrative vilifies Hindu men by portraying them as predators targeting Muslim women, despite no basis in reality. It is weaponised to legitimise violence against Hindus, as seen in this case, where a group of Muslim men took it upon themselves to harass the duo for simply being seen together. This act underscores a discriminatory mindset that seeks to target individuals based solely on their religious affiliation, irrespective of the situation. Such incidents highlight the systematic and deliberate nature of religious intolerance, deeply rooted in hatred for Hindus and their faith. Considering these factors, the case has been categorised as a religiously motivated hate crime, driven by the perpetrators' hostility toward the Hindu community and its beliefs. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker accounts for crimes committed against Hindus by perpetrators, and for this reason, we are just considering the Hindu boy as the victim. Thus, the victim count is recorded as 1, referring to the Hindu boy alone.