Two Hindu women trapped by Muslim men posing as Hindus, intercepted before being taken to Islamic pilgrimage site
Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India 
14 April, 2026
Case Summary
Two Hindu women travelling on the Kaifiyat Express were intercepted at Azamgarh railway station in Uttar Pradesh after Hindu organisations raised the alarm that three Muslim men were taking them from Gorakhpur to Delhi and onward to Ajmer Sharif by concealing their true religious identities. Police removed all five from the train and detained the three men for interrogation. The girls were handed over to their families. Three Muslim men from Gorakhpur had boarded the Kaifiyat Express with two Hindu women, with the stated intention of travelling to Delhi and then proceeding to Ajmer Sharif [the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, a prominent Islamic pilgrimage site in Rajasthan]. Bajrang Dal workers received information that the men had drawn the Hindu women into accompanying them by concealing their true identities and alerted the police. Acting on the information provided by Hindu organisations, the Government Railway Police [GRP], Railway Protection Force [RPF], and officers from Sidhari police station arrived at Azamgarh railway station and removed all five individuals from the train. The three Muslim men were detained and subjected to prolonged interrogation. The two Hindu women were contacted through their families, who were called to the station and handed them over. Superintendent of Police Dr Anil Kumar confirmed that the men had been attempting to take the two Hindu women away by deceiving them through concealment of their true identities. He confirmed that both women were adults and that an investigation was underway. Police expressed suspicion of human trafficking in connection with the case. Vishwa Hindu Parishad [VHP, World Hindu Council] and Bajrang Dal workers who arrived at the station described the incident as a case of religious deception targeting Hindu women. Action was to be determined based on the facts established through investigation.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The primary category for this case is "Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes". The sub-category for this case is "Man pretends to be Hindu". When a non-Hindu man pretends to be a Hindu to deceive a Hindu woman into a relationship, the act is seen as triggered by malafide intentions. In some cases, the woman eventually accepts the man’s original religious identity and converts after the man’s identity is revealed. These cases could be argued as cases of religious brainwashing and a result of the pressure a woman feels after getting into a relationship with a man. The woman, it can be argued, also changed her religious identity because of the stigma she believes she might face if she chooses to walk out of a deceptive relationship. However, for the purpose of documenting hate crimes, the cases in this subcategory are limited to those where there is explicit violence aimed at religious conversion against the wishes of the victim (force-feeding beef, blackmailing with intimate videos, rape on refusal to convert, etc), or if the woman herself complains of the man’s religious deception. In such cases, it is established that the deception of the non-Hindu man had a specific aim of religious conversion or targeting of the victim due to her Hindu religious identity, therefore, making it a religiously motivated hate crime. The religious motive of the crime is evident from the fact that the Muslim perpetrators hid their true identity to trap the Hindu victims. This itself is a clear manifestation of bias and malicious intent towards the victim's religion. By concealing their true identity, they exploited the trust, targeting them under false pretences. This indicates a premeditated intent to manipulate the Hindu women based on their religious background. In cases like these, the tactic of adopting a false Hindu identity to manipulate and "ensnare" a Hindu individual is not just an act of personal betrayal but can also be interpreted as an expression of disdain or disregard for Hinduism and its customs that reflects a deeper animosity towards Hindus and their beliefs, and this is why this case has been added here. The intended destination of Ajmer Sharif [the dargah of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, one of the most prominent Islamic pilgrimage sites in India] is the third religious marker. The men's plan was to take the Hindu women from Gorakhpur to Delhi and then onward to Ajmer Sharif. The deliberate plan to bring Hindu women to a major Islamic pilgrimage site under conditions of religious identity concealment reflected an intent to draw them progressively deeper into an Islamic religious and social environment. The choice of Ajmer Sharif as the destination was not incidental. It was a religiously significant endpoint that would have placed the Hindu women within an overwhelmingly Islamic religious context, far from their families and support networks. Given that this case met the parameters of a religiously motivated hate crime, it was added to the hate crime database of the tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurred rather than when it was reported or published. The source does not specify the exact date on which the men boarded the train with the two Hindu women or when the interception at Azamgarh railway station took place, noting only that the incident occurred shortly before the report was published. The publication date of 15 April 2026 has been used as the indicative incident date for documentation purposes. This was recorded for documentation purposes only.
Victim Details
Total Victim
2
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 2
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 2
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 2
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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