Hindu woman deceived into marriage by Muslim man using false Hindu identity, victim abused and threatened in marriage for years
Bhayandar, Maharashtra, India 
22 May, 2026
Case Summary
A Hindu woman from Mira Bhayander, Maharashtra, endured years of mental harassment, coercion, and religious pressure after marrying a Muslim man who concealed his real identity from her. She entered the marriage believing she was marrying a Hindu man named Manoj. Years later, she discovered that his real name was Noor Alam and that he had hidden both his religion and identity from the beginning of the relationship. The Hindu woman, identified as Pratima Malhar from the Goregaon area, married the Muslim perpetrator around 16 years before the complaint was filed. The marriage took place after the perpetrator introduced himself to her as “Manoj”, concealing his real Muslim identity. The relationship initially appeared normal and the couple later had a son together. Throughout the early years of the marriage, the perpetrator continued using the Hindu name and maintained the false identity under which the relationship had begun. Around three years after the marriage, the Hindu woman discovered that her husband’s real name was Noor Alam. The truth emerged after she noticed the name “Noor” on a voter identity card, which contradicted the Hindu identity he had presented to her for years. Despite using the name “Manoj” on most identity cards and official documents connected to the family, the voter identification details exposed his concealed Muslim identity. The revelation triggered continuous disputes inside the household and fundamentally changed the nature of the relationship. After his real identity came to light, the Muslim perpetrator repeatedly pressured the Hindu woman to convert to Islam. She endured sustained mental harassment, threats, intimidation, and physical abuse whenever she resisted conversion. The pressure continued over several years inside the marriage and was accompanied by psychological torture directed at forcing her to abandon her Hindu faith. The Hindu woman eventually adopted the name “Nasreen Alam” under continuous family pressure and coercion from the perpetrator. The Hindu woman also endured prolonged emotional isolation and neglect inside the household. The perpetrator distanced himself from his wife and family for extended periods and subjected her to repeated humiliation and intimidation. The marriage remained built upon the concealed religious identity through which the Muslim perpetrator had initially targeted and entered the Hindu woman’s life. Following the complaint, a case was registered at Navghar Police Station in Bhayander by 23rd May 2026. Police began searching for Noor Alam after he absconded following the registration of the complaint. The investigation into the case remained ongoing at the time of reporting, while officers continued efforts to trace the perpetrator and examine the allegations of identity concealment, forced religious conversion, mental harassment, and abuse directed at the Hindu woman.
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 sub-category selected is - Man pretends to be Hindu. Under this, the tertiary categories selected are - Name changed, and Marries as per Hindu rituals. 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 sub-category selected here is- Forced conversion after marriage. 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. The other sub-category selected for this case is - Brainwashed and/ or groomed. Under this, the tertiary category selected is - 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 - 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 pressurising 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. This case carried clear religious markers because the Muslim perpetrator deliberately concealed his identity and presented himself as a Hindu man named “Manoj” in order to gain the trust of the Hindu woman and marry her. The false Hindu identity formed the basis of the entire relationship. By adopting a Hindu name, marrying through Hindu rituals, and maintaining Hindu identification details on official documents for years, the perpetrator created a fabricated religious identity specifically designed to appear acceptable to the Hindu woman and her family. The deception continued until the woman discovered the name “Noor” on a voter identity document, exposing that “Manoj” was in fact, Noor Alam. The prolonged concealment of his Muslim identity demonstrated a calculated intent to deceive the Hindu woman by exploiting religious familiarity and trust, knowing she may never have consented to the marriage had she known his real identity from the beginning. The prolonged duration of the relationship also established clear indicators of grooming and manipulation. The Hindu woman remained in the marriage for nearly sixteen years under a false religious understanding created by the perpetrator. During this period, the deception was continuously maintained while the perpetrator exercised emotional influence and control within the household. The relationship itself was sustained through concealment, dependency, intimidation, and gradual pressure, allowing the perpetrator to manipulate the Hindu woman for years before the full truth about his identity and intentions emerged. The long-term nature of the deception demonstrated that the targeting was systematic rather than momentary. The victim’s own statements further reinforced the existence of grooming and manipulation within the relationship. After discovering the perpetrator’s true identity, the Hindu woman informed police that she had been mentally harassed, deceived, and pressured for years inside the marriage. Her complaint described how the relationship had been built upon a fabricated Hindu identity and how disputes escalated after she uncovered his real Muslim identity. Her statements established that she had entered and remained in the relationship under false religious pretences created by the perpetrator, confirming that the deception had directly shaped her decisions, trust, and continued involvement in the marriage. The abuse and intimidation escalated when the Hindu woman resisted pressure to convert to Islam. After the perpetrator’s identity came to light, he repeatedly pressured her to abandon Hinduism and convert, and when she refused, she faced years of mental harassment, threats, intimidation, and physical abuse inside her own home. The violence and coercion were therefore directly tied to religious compliance and the demand that she renounce her Hindu identity. The sustained pressure ultimately forced her to adopt the Muslim name “Nasreen Alam” under coercive circumstances inside the marriage, which intentionally erased her Hindu identity. The fact that the abuse intensified specifically around conversion demands demonstrated that the targeting was deeply religiously motivated and centred on forcing the Hindu woman to abandon her faith identity. This incident is not an isolated case but part of a broader pattern where Hindu women are deliberately targeted through deception and emotional blackmail for religious conversion and sexual exploitation. This stems from inherent hostility towards the victim's professed faith since Abrahamic faiths believe that any non-adherent to the faith is subject to being dehumanised till they convert. Such predatory actions stem from doctrinal animosity towards the Hindu faith and its adherents. Taken together, the deliberate use of a false Hindu identity, the prolonged concealment of religion, the manipulation sustained over many years, the victim’s own account of deception and harassment, and the abuse inflicted upon her when she resisted conversion established a clear pattern of religiously motivated targeting directed at the Hindu woman because of her Hindu identity. The case, therefore, carried strong markers of religious deception, coercive conversion, psychological grooming, and hostility towards the victim’s Hindu faith and identity. Disclaimer: The exact date of when the Hindu woman and the Muslim perpetrator first came into contact was not specified in the available sources. However, the incident became publicly known through reports published on 23rd May 2026. Accordingly, the Hinduphobia Tracker has recorded the respective date as the incident date 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
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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