Hindu female student subjected to prolonged blackmail after identity deception by Muslim man in Dhubri, Assam

Case ID : 30a8da7 | Location : Dhubri, Assam, India | Date of Incident : Sat, 6 June, 2026

Case ID : 30a8da7

Dhubri, Assam, India

6 June, 2026

Hindu female student subjected to prolonged blackmail after identity deception by Muslim man in Dhubri, Assam

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Case Summary

A Hindu female student in Dhubri district, Assam, was targeted by a Muslim man who concealed his religious identity and presented himself as a Hindu in order to establish a romantic relationship with her. After gaining her trust and entering into a relationship under this false identity, he continued interacting with the victim for an extended period. The incident later came to the attention of the victim's family, resulting in police action and the arrest of the perpetrator. The incident took place in the Golakganj area of Dhubri district. The perpetrator was identified as Safikul Islam. He used a Hindu identity to approach the Hindu student and establish a relationship with her. By concealing his true identity, he gained the victim's confidence and maintained contact with her over a prolonged period. After the relationship had been established through the false Hindu identity, the victim was subjected to blackmail over a long duration. The blackmail continued while the perpetrator maintained the deception under which the relationship had originally been formed. The Hindu student was therefore not only deceived regarding the perpetrator's identity but was also subjected to sustained coercive pressure during the course of the relationship. The matter came to light after the victim's family became aware of the circumstances and submitted a complaint to the authorities. Based on the complaint, police registered a case and initiated an investigation into the incident. Authorities examined the concealment of identity, the relationship that had been established with the Hindu student, and the subsequent blackmail to which she had been subjected. Following the preliminary investigation, police arrested Safikul Islam in connection with the case. Further enquiries were initiated to examine all aspects of the incident and the circumstances surrounding the targeting of the Hindu student. The investigation remained ongoing, with police continuing to probe the deception, the prolonged blackmail, and other related aspects of the case.

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 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 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. 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 specifically targeted a Hindu victim through a fabricated Hindu identity. 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. The offence is rendered even more egregious by the fact that the victim was a minor. Children and adolescents are not yet fully developed cognitively, emotionally, or psychologically and are therefore far more susceptible to manipulation, grooming, and deception than adults. They often lack the maturity, life experience, and critical judgment necessary to identify hidden motives or recognise when trust is being deliberately exploited. By assuming a false Hindu identity, the perpetrator was able to take advantage not only of the trust associated with a shared religious identity but also of the victim's age and vulnerability. The deception was therefore directed at a victim who was inherently less capable of protecting herself from manipulation, making the targeting particularly predatory in nature. 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. 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 after the arrest on 7th June 2026. Accordingly, the Hinduphobia Tracker has recorded the respective date as the incident date for documentation purposes only.