Hindu woman lured into marriage by Muslim man claiming to have converted to Hinduism, later coerced to adopt Islam, eat beef and follow Islamic practices
Hyderabad, Telangana, India 
15 April, 2026
Case Summary
A Hindu woman was deceived into marriage and subjected to repeated sexual violence, coercion, and religious pressure in Hyderabad, Telangana. She was forced to change her religious identity and was threatened, assaulted, and exploited over an extended period. The abuse intensified after marriage and continued through intimidation and control. She was forced to follow Islamic practices and eat beef against her will. The Hindu woman later revealed the full extent of the abuse after enduring sustained violence and coercion. What began as a promise of marriage turned into a prolonged cycle of exploitation targeting her identity, dignity, and safety. In May 2025, the Hindu woman came into contact with a Muslim man named Nawaz, a Nellore resident, who was introduced to her family in Kukatpally, Hyderabad. He presented himself as a businessman involved in trading and food-related work. During this period, he falsely represented that he had converted to Hinduism and claimed that he had changed his name. He showed a certificate to support this claim and introduced himself under a Hindu identity. His brothers, Munawar, Shahrukh, and Ismail, also reinforced this false identity and supported his claims before the Hindu woman and her family. Based on this representation, the Hindu woman agreed to marry him. In July 2025, the marriage took place. During the marriage process, the Muslim man changed her name to Nazira, altering her identity. Following the marriage, his behaviour changed, and the Hindu woman began to face coercion and control within the relationship. In October 2025, the Hindu woman discovered that the Muslim perpetrator had already been married twice before. When she confronted him, he began threatening her. He took her to a dargah in Gulbarga and forced her to undergo religious conversion rituals. She was made to recite religious verses and the Kalma under pressure. Following this, the Hindu woman was subjected to continued coercion within the relationship. The Muslim perpetrator threatened her with severe physical violence if she refused to comply with his demands. He forced her to consume beef against her will and pressured her to read religious texts. These acts were carried out repeatedly while she remained under his control. During this period, the Hindu woman was taken to a resort in Begumpet, where she was administered intoxicating substances and raped. The Muslim perpetrator facilitated further sexual violence by involving his brothers, Munawar, Shahrukh, and Ismail, who also raped her. The assaults took place while she was in a compromised state and unable to resist. The Muslim perpetrator recorded photos and videos of the Hindu woman during the sexual assaults. These recordings were used to blackmail her and prevent her from seeking help. He threatened to kill her mother and sister if she disclosed the abuse. The Hindu woman remained under sustained intimidation due to these threats and the fear created by the recordings. During this period, the Muslim perpetrator also exploited her financially. He took loans in her name without her consent and stole her gold. He further sold a flat in Shamshabad, using her assets for his own benefit while she remained under coercion. Unable to endure the continued abuse, the Hindu woman filed a complaint with the Kukatpally police. Following this, the Muslim perpetrator fled from Hyderabad to Nellore. After the complaint was filed, he released a video attempting to distort the incident and shift blame onto the Hindu woman. The Hindu woman later addressed the media at the Somajiguda Press Club in Hyderabad, where she described the sequence of events and the abuse she had endured. She stated that she had been deceived into marriage through false religious identity, subjected to forced conversion, repeated sexual violence, threats, and financial exploitation. Police action was initiated following her complaint at Kukatpally police station. The investigation into the actions of the Muslim perpetrator and his associates was ongoing at the time of reporting.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category - Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Within this, the subcategory selected is - Man pretends to be Hindu. Under this, the tertiary categories selected is - Name changed, and Raped and/or murdered after Hindu woman finds out real identity. 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 other subcategory selected is - Brainwashed and/or groomed. Under this, the tertiary categories selected are - Rape and sexual assault/harassment, and Victim says she was brainwashed/groomed. In our database, we have not added incidents where women have converted to another religion of their free will and no allegations of forced/involuntary conversion have been made. However, there are certain cases of conversion where the consent itself is a result of the brainwashing or grooming of a minor by the non-Hindu perpetrator trying to victimise a woman for her Hindu religious identity. The phenomenon of grooming points to non-Hindu perpetrators identifying their Hindu victims’ vulnerabilities and exploiting them over months and sometimes years, to extract the supposed ‘consent’ in order to convert their religion. In most cases of grooming, the victims are minors or the grooming started when the victim was a minor. In other cases of grooming, the non-Hindu perpetrator brainwashes and grooms a minor victim to extract their trust and then proceeds to rape them repeatedly with the intent of converting them to their faith. It is pertinent to understand here that when the victim is a minor, the ‘consent’ to convert or enter into a romantic relationship with an adult itself is redundant – addressed by POCSO. While every case of conversion of a minor and incidents of establishing a physical relationship with a minor by an adult is a crime, for the purpose of this database, a case would be considered a hate crime only if there is a distinct religious angle to the grooming. For example, in the UK, if a Hindu minor is targeted by Pakistani grooming gangs, it would be considered a hate crime because the victims are specifically targeted owing to their non-Muslim religious identity with the perpetrators being Muslim. In other cases, if a Hindu minor is brainwashed into entering a physical relationship with the non-Hindu adult perpetrator and the family alleges grooming/brainwashing of the minor to convert her religion, it would form a part of this database. If the victim is a Hindu adult, the case would form a part of this database only if the victim herself says that she was brainwashed/groomed to convert her religion. However, if the victim is deceased (murdered or otherwise), the case would form a part of this database if her family/friends provided testimony that the victim was brainwashed/groomed to convert her religion. Since these crimes have a distinct religious angle where the victim is being targeted owing to her Hindu religious identity, these cases are considered a hate crime. Another sub-category selected for this case is - Forced conversion after marriage. Under this, the tertiary categories selected is - Forced to read Kalma, and Forced to eat beef. In such cases, a non-Hindu man marries a Hindu woman, and the force/pressure to convert to any Abrahamic faith, like Islam, begins after marriage. In such cases, typically, two patterns emerge. First, when the relationship is consensual, and the religious identity of the perpetrator is known to the Hindu woman in the relationship. The marriage could be under the Special Marriages Act, where neither parties are required to convert their religion for the marriage to be considered legitimate. While the victim in such cases enters matrimony assuming that religious identity is not a barrier, the non-Hindu man starts to pressure the woman to convert her religion after marriage. The second is when the woman gets into a marriage with the man, pretending to share her faith. Later, when the truth is revealed, the man starts pressuring the woman to convert her religion and give up her religious identity. In both situations, there is application of force by the perpetrator, including the denial of the woman’s religious rights. Some of the means by which the woman is forced/pressured to convert include force-feeding beef, being forced to read the Kalma, being forced to wear a hijab, forced to undergo Halala, etc. There are several instances where, after marriage, the woman voluntarily converts to Islam. Such cases are often argued to be a result of religious brainwashing, however, for the purpose of documenting religiously motivated hate crimes, in the absence of the victim complaining of forced conversion, such cases do not form a part of the database. Another sub-category selected for this case is - Assault or threat upon refusal to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces threats or assault after she refuses to convert and change her religious identity owing to pressure/force by the non-Hindu man. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts pressurizing the Hindu woman to convert to Islam and upon her refusal, assaults or threatens the victim. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. Cases where the Hindu woman converts to Islam and does not file a complaint about the force or threat, are not considered a part of the hate tracker, even though, it may be argued that the woman was brainwashed or threatened to convert to Islam. Another sub-category selected for this case is - Rape for refusal to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces pressure/threats/violence to convert and change her religious identity by the non-Hindu man. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts pressuring the Hindu woman to convert. In some of these cases, the association could be non-consensual as well or, the religious identity of the non-Muslim man could be previously unknown to the Hindu victim. As the case may be, in such cases, the non-Hindu man forces himself sexually on the Hindu woman when she refuses his advances and pressures to convert her religion. The rape of the woman is often seen as either a punishment for the woman refusing to convert. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. Another sub-category selected for this case is - Blackmailed to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman is blackmailed to convert her religion, owing to her religious identity of being a Hindu. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim, however, there could be cases where the relationship is not consensual and the non-Hindu man starts blackmailing a Hindu woman to convert her religion. In these cases, it is often seen that the Hindu woman is blackmailed with intimate photos and/or videos, threats of harm to her or her family, threats of violence etc. 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 qualifies as a religiously motivated hate crime because the entire sequence of events was built on the deliberate misuse of religious identity to target, control, and harm a Hindu woman. At the outset, the accused secured the marriage by concealing his real identity and presenting himself as a Hindu who had converted. He even produced documentation to support this claim. This was not a superficial lie but a calculated step to gain acceptance within a Hindu family, where marriage is closely tied to shared religious identity and trust. By presenting himself as Hindu, he removed the natural barriers that would have otherwise existed and gained entry into the woman’s personal and familial space. The deception shows a clear awareness that his real identity would likely have led to rejection, indicating that the targeting itself was identity-driven. Once the marriage was established, the control over the victim’s identity began to take more explicit forms. She was renamed “Nazira,” replacing her original Hindu identity within the marriage. A name is not merely symbolic but deeply tied to cultural and religious belonging. Altering it at this stage reflects a conscious effort to reshape her identity in line with the perpetrator’s control, especially after she had already been isolated through deception. The situation escalated further when the victim discovered the truth about his identity and past marriages. Her resistance at this stage was a direct response to the betrayal of trust rooted in religious deception. In turn, the abuse intensified. Threats, coercion, and violence were used to suppress her refusal and reassert control. The timing of this escalation is significant. The violence was not random but closely tied to her assertion of autonomy after the deception was exposed. The grooming process itself was gradual and deliberate. By initially presenting himself as a Hindu and integrating into her environment, the accused built trust over time, lowering her defences before the abuse began. This was not an isolated act of deception but a sustained effort that relied on shared religious identity as the foundation of trust. The violence that followed was severe and systematic. The victim was drugged and raped, and the accused facilitated further assaults by others. These acts took place in controlled environments where she had little ability to resist or seek help. By this stage, her identity had already been manipulated, and she had been isolated from support systems, making her more vulnerable to repeated abuse. Further, the religious angle of the crime became more apparent as the accused continued to exploit the victim physically under the guise of marriage. He forced her to consume beef. Forcing a Hindu to consume beef is not only a profound disrespect to their religious beliefs but also constitutes a targeted violation of those beliefs. In Hinduism, cows are revered as sacred animals, symbolising life and sustenance, and the act of consuming beef is considered highly sacrilegious by many Hindus. Therefore, compelling a Hindu woman to consume beef goes beyond mere dietary imposition; it is an intentional violation of her religious principles and an assault on her cultural and spiritual identity. In the broader context, forcing someone to engage in conduct that is expressly forbidden or offensive in their religion reflects a clear disregard for their right to practice their faith freely. The coercion extended further into direct imposition on her belief system. She was taken to a religious site and forced to undergo rituals and recite verses against her will. This was not incidental but part of a pattern where control was exercised by targeting her faith and identity after the initial deception had secured access. Over time, the victim was isolated from her original environment, her identity altered, and her autonomy systematically stripped away. Each stage of control was built upon the initial act of religious deception, showing a structured and sustained pattern rather than isolated incidents. Taken together, the facts show that religion was not incidental to the crime but central to its execution. The accused used religious identity to gain trust, manipulated that identity to exert control, and enforced compliance through violence, coercion, and humiliation. The sequence of deception, identity alteration, forced practices, and sustained abuse reflects a clear pattern of targeting a Hindu woman through her religious identity. Such a pattern of building a relationship with a Hindu woman under the pretence of religious acceptance and then weaponising that trust to push for conversion amounts to a religiously motivated violation. This isn’t just a personal betrayal; it is a form of religious coercion rooted in the belief that a Hindu woman’s identity must be altered or suppressed to make her "acceptable." Given these factors, the case meets the criteria of a religiously motivated hate crime and has been added to the tracker. Disclaimer: The exact date of the initial contact between the Hindu victim and the perpetrator was not specified in the available sources. The tracker records incident dates based on when the contact first occurred rather than when it was reported. In this case, 16th April 2026 has been used as the indicative incident date, as it is the publication date and the closest verifiable reference point. This date was recorded for documentation purposes only.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- 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
male
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