Hindu man marries Muslim woman, her relatives threaten to falsely implicate him in a rape case
Delhi, India 
23 June, 2024
Case Summary
On June 25, a Muslim woman from Delhi, who willingly converted to Hinduism after marrying a Hindu man, sought police help, stating her sisters and maternal uncles were trying to falsely implicate her husband in a rape case. She went to Netaji Subhash Place police station with court affidavits, wedding documents, and photos proving her voluntary marriage. She married the Hindu man in 2023 against her family's wishes. After her sisters, Mariya and Aisha, threatened her at her home on June 24, she filed a complaint. The woman emphasised her voluntary conversion and healthy relationship with her husband, whom she had dated for two years before marrying. She had initially hoped to convince her sisters about her marriage but faced threats instead. Her father passed away when she was three, and her brother, who works in Dubai, is unaware of her marriage. The couple met through a mutual friend, and the woman, who admired Hindu culture, decided to marry the man. After her family discovered their interfaith marriage, they falsely accused her husband of kidnapping and rape. The police informed the family that their kidnapping charges were unfounded, but her sisters continued to threaten her privately.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
When Hindu men are in a relationship with non-Hindu women, there are cases where the man is forced to convert his religion and upon his refusal to do so, the partner or/and her family attacks the victim. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu woman known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu woman or her family starts forcing/pressurizing the Hindu man to convert. In some of these cases, the association could be non-consensual as well or, the religious identity of the non-Hindu woman could be previously unknown to the Hindu victim. In such cases, the Hindu man is first forced/pressurized to change his religion by the non-Hindu woman or her family. The force/pressure could involve threats. The trigger for directing violence against the Hindu man is in these cases his refusal to comply and change his religion under threat and/or force. In other cases that have been documented, it is also seen that the Hindu partner is assaulted by the non-Hindu woman or her family simply for his relationship with the non-Hindu woman and by virtue of him following the Hindu faith and not the religion of the non-Hindu woman. In such cases, the relationship is consensual in most cases and the religion of both partners is known to the other. Often, in such cases, there is no direct force/pressure to convert either, however, the attack is a result of the Hindu man being in a relationship with the non-Hindu partner and not following her religion/following Hinduism specifically. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. In this case, the Hindu man was in a relationship with a Muslim woman. The Muslim woman was an adult and had testified that she had willingly, without any pressure reverted to Hinduism. Yet, the family of the Muslim woman ended up implicating the Hindu man in a false rape case. The Hindu victim was subjected to mental harassment simply because his non-Hindu partner's family disapproved of their relationship. The Hindu youth's religious identity served as the catalyst for the assault and threat in this instance, suggesting that religious hatred was the driving force behind the crime.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 1
- Female 0
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 1
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
both
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