Hindu woman deceived and sexually exploited under pretext of marriage by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Case ID : 30a8d0e | Location : Surat, Gujarat, India | Date of Incident : Thu, 4 June, 2026

Case ID : 30a8d0e

Surat, Gujarat, India

4 June, 2026

Hindu woman deceived and sexually exploited under pretext of marriage by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Case Summary

In Surat, Gujarat, a Hindu woman was deceived and sexually exploited by a Muslim man named Somil Salmin Makwana, who presented himself as an unmarried Hindu man on social media. According to reports, the accused, Somil Salmin Makwana, deliberately concealed both his religious identity and pretended to be a Hindu man. He also hid his marital status to gain the victim's trust and initiated a relationship with her under the false promise of marriage. Believing his representations to be genuine, the victim entered into a relationship with him. Over a period of time, the accused took the victim to various hotels in Surat as well as to Dwarka and other locations, where he sexually exploited her against her will. Using the promise of marriage and citing personal difficulties, he also extracted approximately ₹3.5 lakh from the victim in multiple instalments. The victim remained unaware of the accused's true identity and family circumstances during the course of the relationship. The deception came to light when the victim discovered that the accused was a Muslim man who was already married and the father of two children. Realising that she had been misled regarding his identity, religion and marital status, the victim approached the Vesu Police Station and lodged a complaint. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case and launched an investigation. Using technical surveillance and human intelligence inputs, the police traced the accused to Rajkot and arrested him. Subsequently, various charges were registered against him and he was remanded to judicial custody while further legal proceedings continued.

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 subcategory selected 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 malicious 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. This case has been added to the tracker because a Hindu woman was deceived and sexually exploited by a Muslim man named Somil Salmin Makwana, who concealed his religious identity and presented himself as an unmarried Hindu man in order to establish a relationship with her. The accused deliberately concealed his religious identity to initiate and sustain a relationship with a Hindu woman. This itself is a clear manifestation of bias and malicious intent towards the victim's religion. By concealing his true identity, he exploited her trust, targeting her under false pretences. This indicates a premeditated intent to manipulate her based on her religious background. 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. In such instances, identity concealment is not merely a personal deception, but a calculated strategy rooted in religious targeting and profiling. The accused was aware that the victim, being Hindu, may not have consented to the relationship had she known his real identity from the outset. He therefore circumvented her ability to exercise informed choice by deliberately lying about his name and religious background. This demonstrated a premeditated effort to exploit the victim specifically on the basis of her religious identity. The accused subsequently subjected the victim to sexual exploitation under the pretext of marriage and extracted approximately ₹3.5 lakh from her in multiple instalments. The exploitation was facilitated by the initial concealment of identity and the false assurances provided by the accused. These exploitations were not random acts of crime; rather, they functioned as religiously motivated tools aimed at humiliating and dominating a Hindu woman because of her faith. The target was not the victim as an individual, but her Hindu identity. The specific focus on her Hindu identity in the commission of these acts highlights the religious hatred underlying the crime, making it a religiously motivated offence Accordingly, this case has been included in the tracker as an instance where a Hindu victim was targeted through deliberate concealment of religious identity, deception regarding marriage, and subsequent sexual and financial exploitation. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when an event occurred or when the victim's ordeal began. It is important to clarify that none of the media sources covering this case has specified the exact date when the accused deceived and exploited the victim. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media, 5 June 2026.