Hindu girl lured on social media by Muslim man concealing his identity, subjected to forced conversion and halala
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 
5 May, 2013
Case Summary
A Hindu girl was deceived by a Muslim man who feigned his religious identity to trap her, then took her to various locations where she was raped and forced to convert to Islam and perform Halala. The victim, an MBA student from Indore, met the Muslim man on Facebook in 2013. The man concealed his religious identity and lured her into a relationship. He subsequently took her to Muzaffarnagar under the pretext of religious education, and fled, leaving her at a madrasa [Islamic seminary]. There, she was sold off for two lakh rupees, converted to Islam and forced to perform nikah [Islamic marriage ceremony] with another person without her informed consent. Following the nikah, she was given triple talaq [Islamic pronouncement of divorce] and pressured to undergo halala [the Islamic practice requiring a divorced woman to marry and consummate a marriage with another man before remarrying her former husband]. Subsequently, she was forced to marry an Islamic religious preacher. In 2021, she was brought to Loni, Ghaziabad. Approximately one and a half years prior to the complaint, the preacher also issued three talaqs to her and pressured her to undergo halala. Upon her refusal, he physically assaulted her and broke her hand. The victim was brought into contact with multiple individuals and subjected to activities consistent with organised human trafficking. The victim received no institutional support despite approaching multiple districts with her complaint. She eventually approached Loni MLA Nand Kishore Gurjar, who filed a letter to the Ghaziabad Police Commissioner demanding immediate registration of an FIR [First Information Report] against all named accused under strict sections, formation of a Special Investigation Team [SIT] for a high-level investigation, and immediate security for the victim and her family, given the threats they were receiving. The MLA also wrote to the Additional Secretary, Uttar Pradesh. Additional Police Commissioner Loni Siddharth Gautam confirmed that an investigation had been initiated.
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. One other sub-category for this case is "Forced conversion after marriage". The tertiary categories for this case is "Forced to do Nikah" and "Forced Halala". 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 for this case is "Brainwashed and/or groomed". The tertiary category here is "Rape and sexual assault/harassment". In several cases, a Hindu woman and/or minor is sexually harassed and/or assaulted with a religious motive. For example, in a case in Kausambi, UP, a Hindu girl was raped by non-Hindu perpetrators. During the assault, the victim pleaded to 'spare her in the name of Bhagwan'. The perpetrators then asked her to plead in the name of Allah. This clearly indicates a religious motive for the crime and evidences the religious animosity the perpetrators harboured against the victim owing to her religious identity. Such cases would be added to this tertiary category since the religious animosity makes the crime a hate crime. The facts of this case indicate clear religious targeting, where deception, sexual exploitation, forced conversion, and coercive religious practices were used against a Hindu woman in a sustained and organised manner. A major religious marker in the case is the accused concealing his Muslim identity to initiate the relationship with the Hindu victim. Hiding one’s religious identity in order to gain the trust of a Hindu woman points towards deliberate deception aimed at overcoming social and religious barriers that may otherwise have prevented the relationship. Such concealment becomes especially significant when it is later followed by forced conversion and coercive imposition of Islamic practices. The victim was not only sexually exploited but was also forcibly drawn into a chain of religiously sanctioned practices after her conversion to Islam. She was taken to a madrasa, converted without informed consent, forced into nikah, subjected to triple talaq, and repeatedly pressured to undergo halala. These acts were not incidental to the abuse but formed the central structure through which control was exercised over her. The repeated use of specifically Islamic marital and religious mechanisms demonstrates that the victim’s Hindu identity was systematically erased and replaced through coercion and force. The use of dini taleem as a pretext is also significant. The victim was taken away under the guise of receiving religious education, which indicates that religion itself was used as a tool to isolate, indoctrinate, and ultimately control her. Her movement through multiple locations, forced marriages, and repeated transfers between individuals further points towards organised exploitation operating under a religious framework. Additionally, the pressure to repeatedly undergo halala reflects a pattern of continued coercion rather than isolated abuse. Halala, by its nature, involves forced marital and sexual arrangements after divorce, and in this case, it was imposed on the victim against her will as part of maintaining control over her after conversion. Her refusal, leading to physical assault, further establishes the coercive and violent nature of the religious pressure she faced. The fact that the victim was sold, transferred between individuals, and subjected to conduct resembling organised trafficking also strengthens the inference that she was treated not as an autonomous individual but as a vulnerable Hindu woman whose religious identity, bodily autonomy, and personal freedom could be systematically dismantled for exploitation. Taken together, the concealment of religious identity, forced conversion, coercive imposition of Islamic marital practices, sexual exploitation, and trafficking like movement across locations establish that the crimes committed against the victim were not merely personal offences but acts deeply rooted in religious targeting and coercive erasure of her Hindu identity. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurred rather than when it was reported or published. This case involved a sustained course of conduct spanning multiple years beginning in 2013. 6 May 2013 has been used as the primary incident date. This was recorded for documentation purposes only. Disclaimer: The exact number of individuals who participated in the organised network responsible for the victim's abuse, forced conversion, and trafficking has not been confirmed beyond the primary accused, the first person she was pressured to marry and the Muslim cleric, who married her again, as stated in the source. Accordingly, the perpetrator count has been recorded as 3 pending SIT investigation. This 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 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 1
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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