Hindu woman raped, blackmailed and forced into conversion and Nikah at Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah

Case ID : 30a8c51 | Location : Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 1 June, 2026

Case ID : 30a8c51

Bhilwara, Rajasthan, India

1 June, 2026

Hindu woman raped, blackmailed and forced into conversion and Nikah at Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Forced conversion before marriage

Forced to do Nikah

Forced to follow non-Hindu religious practices

Blackmailed to convert

Assault or threat upon refusal to convert

Case Summary

A 35-year-old Hindu woman from Bhilwara, Rajasthan, was raped, blackmailed, forcibly converted to Islam, subjected to forced nikah, financially extorted of approximately Rs 1 crore, and subjected to sustained physical and mental torture by Shahid Mansouri and his family members over an extended period. The victim presented herself before SP Sagar Rana, a case was registered at Pratapnagar police station, and Shahid Mansouri was arrested. As per details, the victim's sister worked at Shahid Mansouri's shop. He used this connection to obtain the victim's mobile number without her consent and lured her to Kanchi Resort in Bhilwara under the false pretext of a job offer. At the resort, he raped her and filmed the assault alongside taking objectionable photographs. He then blackmailed her by threatening to make the photos and videos viral. He also threatened to kill her parents if she resisted. Using this blackmail, he took her to Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah in Delhi where he fed her dates, forced her to recite the Kalma and Quranic verses, conducted her forcible conversion to Islam, and performed nikah. Following the nikah, Shahid's brother Zafar also raped her at the shop. Shahid's aunt, sisters, and father subjected her to sustained physical and mental torture to force her to pray namaz, observe roza, read the Quran, and consume non-vegetarian food. When she resisted citing her Hindu identity, they told her that this was how things were done in Islam and that she would have to comply. Shahid transferred Rs 20 lakh from the victim's account to accounts belonging to his father, brother, and nephew. He took her gold chain, her mother's mangalsutra [a sacred necklace symbolising a Hindu woman's married status and devotional identity], rings, and bangles. He took out a loan of Rs 80 lakh in her name through blackmail, leaving her with lakhs in debt. The victim, exhausted by sustained torture from all directions, finally sought legal recourse. She presented herself before SP Sagar Rana. A case was registered at Pratapnagar police station under rape, blackmailing sections, and the Rajasthan Prohibition of Religious Conversion Act. Shahid Mansouri was arrested. Zafar remained at large and was being searched for at the time of publication.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The primary category for this case is "Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes". The sub-category in this case is "Forced conversion before marriage". The tertiary category for this case is "Forced to do Nikah" and "Forced to follow non-Hindu religious practices". In such cases, a non-Hindu man is in a relationship with a Hindu woman when the pressure to convert her religion begins to manifest. 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, however, at some point during the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts to force the victim to convert her religion and give up her Hindu religious identity. 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 the situations, the methods used to force the victim to convert her religion often revolve around force-feeding beef, forcing her to wear hijab, forcing her to read the Kalma or even pressurizing the victim to do ‘Nikah’, which is marriage under Islamic law, with a prerequisite being conversion to Islam. Cases where a Hindu woman consensually converts to Islam in a relationship will be left out of the hate crime database, even though it could be argued in several cases that the conversion was a result of religious brainwashing. One other sub-category 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. Another sub-category that this case qualifies for 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. This case has been included in the tracker because the victim was not merely subjected to rape, blackmail, and financial exploitation. The facts presented in the complaint indicate that these acts were repeatedly used as tools to force a Hindu woman to abandon her faith, adopt Islam, and submit to a religious identity against her will. The religious dimension was not incidental to the abuse. Rather, it appears to have been central to the conduct of the accused and his family. The clearest religious marker in this case is the forcible conversion itself. According to the complaint, after raping and blackmailing the victim, Shahid Mansouri took her to Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, compelled her to recite the Kalma and Quranic verses, converted her to Islam, and performed nikah. This demonstrates that the objective extended beyond sexual exploitation or personal control. The victim's Hindu identity was specifically targeted, and the abuse was used to secure her religious conversion. Had the objective been merely a relationship or marriage, there would have been no need to compel her to renounce her faith and adopt another religion under coercive circumstances. The role played by the accused's family further strengthens the religious motivation. As per the complaint, the victim was subjected to sustained pressure by multiple family members to pray namaz, observe roza, read the Quran, consume non-vegetarian food, and conform to Islamic religious practices. When she resisted on the grounds that she was Hindu, she was told that this was how things were done in Islam and that she would have to comply. This demonstrates a systematic effort to erase her existing religious identity and replace it with a new one. The pressure was not limited to a single act of conversion but continued through attempts to reshape her beliefs, practices, and daily life in accordance with a different faith. Another significant aspect of the case is the weaponisation of rape and blackmail to achieve religious objectives. According to the complaint, the initial sexual assault was not an isolated act but became the foundation for prolonged coercion. The videos, photographs, threats against her parents, and continuing intimidation served to break her resistance and leave her vulnerable to conversion demands. Rape was weaponised not merely to violate the victim physically but to gain control over her life and create conditions in which religious conversion could be imposed upon her. The use of sexual violence, threats, and blackmail to compel a Hindu woman to abandon her faith represents a particularly severe form of religious targeting. The financial exploitation described in the complaint also appears intertwined with this broader pattern of domination and control. By transferring money from her accounts, taking her jewellery, securing large loans in her name, and leaving her burdened with debt, the accused further weakened her ability to resist or escape the situation. Such conduct reinforced her dependency and vulnerability, making it easier to sustain the religious and personal coercion she was facing. This case also reflects a pattern documented in numerous other incidents where Hindu women have been targeted through deception, sexual exploitation, coercion, and pressure to convert. The repeated targeting of Hindu women in such circumstances raises concerns that the victim's religious identity was not incidental but a significant factor in her selection. The insistence on conversion, the forced nikah, the pressure to abandon Hindu practices, and the demand that she adopt Islamic rituals all point towards a deliberate attempt to replace her Hindu identity with another religious identity. The overall pattern of conduct, including the rape, blackmail, forced conversion, forced nikah, sustained pressure to abandon Hindu beliefs, and continuing efforts to impose Islamic practices, demonstrates that the victim was targeted not only as a woman but also as a Hindu. The abuse was directed towards the destruction of her existing religious identity and its replacement with another faith through coercion, intimidation, and violence. The pattern of conduct described in this case also reflects a broader ideological hostility towards the victim's Hindu identity. The objective was not merely to establish control over the victim but to secure the abandonment of her existing faith and its replacement with Islam. Such acts are carried out by Muslim perpetrators due to indoctrination by the Islamic theology, which advocates that all non-Muslims (referred to as kafirs) are inferior and subject to subjugation unless they convert to Islam or live under Islamic rule (dhimmitude). These ideas are not mere abstractions; they manifest in actions where non-Muslims, especially Hindus in India, are seen as targets for religious domination, coercion, or humiliation. This theological framework fosters an "us versus them" mindset, in which any assertion of Hindu identity or religious freedom is seen not only as undesirable but as a threat to Islamic supremacy. As a result, perpetrators who are shaped by such teachings feel justified, even morally obligated, to harass, suppress, or violently attack Hindus, particularly when Hindus assert their religious rights or resist conversion. Such acts, therefore, are not isolated but driven by a broader ideological hostility towards Hindus as non-believers and reflect an attempt to impose religious dominance. Since this case was also not a random isolated incident of grooming of a minor but a premeditated attack motivated by bias and hatred against the Hindu community, which is a defining feature of hate crimes, this has been added to the tracker. Disclaimer: The exact date on which the initial rape and commencement of the operation occurred was not confirmed in the source. The tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurred rather than when it was reported or published. In case, the date of commencement of the victim's ordeal is not mentioned in reports, then the earliest available date is used for documentation purposes. Accordingly, 2 June 2026 has been used as the indicative incident date, reflecting the confirmed date of the case registration at Pratapnagar police station, since this is the earliest confirmed reference point available in the source. This date has been recorded for documentation purposes only.