Hindu married woman lured from Gujarat to Ghaziabad by Muslim man who constructed complete false Hindu identity

Case ID : 30a8cda | Location : Kheda, Gujarat, India | Date of Incident : Tue, 26 May, 2026

Case ID : 30a8cda

Kheda, Gujarat, India

26 May, 2026

Hindu married woman lured from Gujarat to Ghaziabad by Muslim man who constructed complete false Hindu identity

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Wears symbols of Hinduism

Name Changed

Brainwashed and/or groomed

Rape and sexual assault/harassment

Case Summary

A Hindu married woman from Kathlal taluka in Kheda district, Gujarat, was deceived and sexually exploited by a Muslim man identified as Nazim Ansari, who concealed his religious identity and posed as a Hindu man named "Raju Thakor." According to reports, the accused cultivated a close relationship with the victim and her family over an extended period before luring her away with promises of marriage. He was later arrested on charges including rape. Nazim Ansari, originally from Bihar’s Vaishali district, had been running a puncture repair shop near Raj Shakti Hotel on the Ahmedabad-Indore Highway for the past two years. Over time, he became acquainted with the victim's husband, and the friendship deepened, allowing him regular access to the family's home. During this period, he developed a close relationship with the victim. To reinforce his Hindu identity, he introduced himself as "Raju Thakor" and reportedly maintained a Hindu appearance. He wore Kalava, Tulsi, and Sukhad bead garlands and displayed pictures of Hindu deities in his shop, giving the impression that he was a Hindu. According to reports, the victim and the accused began communicating regularly after exchanging phone numbers. When the victim's husband became aware of their frequent conversations and removed her SIM card, the accused allegedly provided her with a new SIM card and continued contact with her. Over time, the relationship deepened, and the accused reportedly repeatedly assured her that he would marry her and provide her with a secure future. The accused told the victim that he intended to take her to Bihar, where they would marry in a temple and begin a new life together. Trusting these assurances, the victim left her home on 27 May 2026. The two travelled from Kathlal to Jaipur and subsequently to Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh. According to the complaint, after reaching Ghaziabad, the accused rented accommodation and sexually exploited the victim. During this period, family members repeatedly contacted him seeking information about her whereabouts. He reportedly denied that the victim was with him and concealed her location from her family. The matter came to light after the victim's family approached the police. As police inquiries intensified, Nazim Ansari returned alone to Kathlal, leaving the victim behind in Ghaziabad. During questioning, he disclosed details about his identity and circumstances, after which the police traced the victim and brought both individuals back to Gujarat. Investigators subsequently registered a rape case against him and placed him under arrest. The victim further learned during her stay in Ghaziabad that the man she had known as "Raju Thakor" was, in fact, Nazim Ansari. Reports also stated that he was already married and the father of two children. The revelation exposed the extent of the deception used to gain her trust and persuade her to leave her home. Police initiated further investigation to determine whether any additional individuals had assisted the accused or were involved in facilitating the incident. At the time of reporting, the investigation remained ongoing.

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". The tertiary categories for this case are "Wears symbols of Hinduism" and "Name changed". 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 is- Brainwashed and/or groomed, and within this, the tertiary category selected is- Rape and sexual assault/harassment. 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. The religious motive of the crime is evident from the fact that the Muslim perpetrator deliberately hid his real identity and pretended to be a Hindu in order to gain the trust of the Hindu victim. He also adopted visible symbols associated with the Hindu faith, including Kalava, Tulsi and Sukhad bead garlands, and displayed images of Hindu deities at his shop to create the impression that he was a practising Hindu and reinforced the false identity under which he had trapped the Hindu victim. If religion had no role in the crime, there would have been no need for him to conceal his faith and present himself as a Hindu. The deception worked precisely because he knew that sharing the same religious identity would make the victim more comfortable, trusting, and willing to interact with him. This makes the victim's Hindu identity central to the offence. The perpetrator did not simply lie about his name or personal details. He specifically used a false Hindu identity as a tool to approach, manipulate, and exploit a Hindu victim. The fact that he felt the need to pose as a Hindu shows that he understood the importance of religion in the victim's life and deliberately exploited it for his own benefit. The deception also reflected a deeper disregard for Hindu beliefs and community trust. Rather than respecting the victim's religious identity and her right to make informed choices, the perpetrator treated her faith as an obstacle to be bypassed through dishonesty. Hindu identity was reduced to a disguise that could be adopted whenever it became useful. Such conduct demonstrates contempt for the religious boundaries, customs, and values that the victim was entitled to rely upon while deciding whom to trust. It is also significant that the perpetrator used Hindu religious symbols to advance his deceit. This is particularly significant because these symbols occupy an important place in Hindu religious and cultural life. They are expressions of faith, devotion, and identity. According to the facts of the case, they were not worn or displayed as genuine expressions of belief but were used to strengthen a fabricated persona and gain the confidence of a Hindu woman and her family. The symbols were therefore transformed from objects of religious significance into instruments of deception. The entire deception depended upon exploiting the trust associated with being Hindu. This shows that the victim's Hindu identity was not incidental to the crime but one of the factors that made her a target. The perpetrator consciously chose a method that weaponised Hindu identity itself in order to gain access, influence, and control. For this reason, the offence carries clear religiously aggravating elements. The perpetrator's ability to target and exploit the victim depended on religious deception and the manipulation of trust associated with Hindu identity. This demonstrates that the victim's religion was not incidental to the crime but one of the key factors that enabled it. In cases like these, the tactic of adopting a false Hindu identity to manipulate and "ensnare" a Hindu individual is not just an act of personal betrayal but can also be interpreted as an expression of disdain or disregard for Hinduism and its customs that reflects a deeper animosity towards Hindus and their beliefs, and this is why this case has been added here.