Hindu minor girl lured and abducted by Muslim man in Faridabad, Haryana

Case ID : 30a828b | Location : Faridabad, Haryana, India | Date of Incident : Tue, 29 April, 2025

Case ID : 30a828b

Faridabad, Haryana, India

29 April, 2025

Hindu minor girl lured and abducted by Muslim man in Faridabad, Haryana

Undecided cases

Abduction of minor

Case Summary

A minor Hindu girl from Faridabad, Haryana, was abducted by a Muslim man named Ayyan Abbasi. She was taken to another location before the police recovered her within 24 hours. The incident involved luring the girl away from her area, causing distress to her family and prompting immediate police intervention. According to reports, the incident came to light when the family of the minor girl approached the police and lodged a complaint regarding her sudden disappearance. The mother of the victim stated that the accused had befriended the minor girl through social media on 30th April 2025. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case and initiated a search operation to trace her whereabouts. During the investigation, the police tracked the victim using available leads and technical surveillance. Within 24 hours of the complaint being filed, the police located the minor girl and successfully recovered her. The accused involved in the abduction was absconding. Following the recovery, the minor girl was brought back safely and handed over to her family.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

At first glance, the incident presents elements that warrant examination for a possible targeted dimension. The victim in this case was a minor girl who was abducted and taken away from her home, indicating a deliberate act rather than a spontaneous occurrence. Crimes involving minors, particularly abduction, often involve prior contact, surveillance, or planning by the accused. In several documented cases, when victims are selected in a patterned manner or belong to identifiable communities, questions arise regarding whether the selection was influenced by specific biases or motivations beyond mere opportunity. However, in the present case, the available information does not establish that the victim was targeted based on her religious identity or that the crime was driven by hostility towards any particular faith. The facts, as currently known, point towards an act of abduction carried out by the Muslim accused, with the primary elements being unlawful confinement, luring and removal of a minor. There are no explicit statements, slogans, or identifiable markers indicating that the crime was carried out to demean or target the Hindu faith as such. It is also possible that the victim’s selection was opportunistic within a broader pattern of criminal activity rather than ideologically driven. Given this dual possibility, while the pattern of targeting raises legitimate concerns and warrants scrutiny, the absence of definitive religious markers makes it difficult to categorically classify the incident as a religiously motivated hate crime at this stage. Therefore, the case has been placed in the Undecided database. Should further evidence emerge establishing a clear link between the crime and religious hostility or targeted bias against Hindus, the classification will be reassessed accordingly. Given these factors, while the seriousness of the crime is undisputed and the vulnerability of the victim is evident, there is insufficient evidence at present to conclusively categorise the incident as one motivated by religious hostility. Therefore, the case warrants careful monitoring and has been placed in the Undecided category pending further developments. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the victim's ordeal began, rather than when the media reported it. In this case, the report mentions when the accused came in contact with the victim; therefore, 30 April, 2025 has been recorded as the indicative incident date for documentation purposes.