Hindu woman deceived, sexually exploited, forcibly converted to Islam, and made to undergo nikah by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Case ID : 30a904c | Location : Durg, Chhattisgarh, India | Date of Incident : Thu, 17 June, 2021

Case ID : 30a904c

Durg, Chhattisgarh, India

17 June, 2021

Hindu woman deceived, sexually exploited, forcibly converted to Islam, and made to undergo nikah by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Forced conversion before marriage

Forced to do Nikah

Case Summary

In Durg, Chhattisgarh, a Hindu woman was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man who concealed his identity and posed as a Hindu man named “Karan”. The victim was subjected to sexual exploitation and was forcibly converted to Islam by the accused. She was forcibly made to undergo a nikah, an Islamic marriage ceremony. According to the complaint, the woman met the accused in 2021, when he introduced himself as Karan and claimed to be a Hindu. Based on this false identity, they developed a relationship, during which he assured her of marriage. During this period, she became pregnant as a result of sexual exploitation. She stated that the accused later took her to Raipur, where he revealed his true identity as Mohammad Yasin Javed and demanded that she convert to Islam as a condition for marriage. Despite her opposition, she stated that she was forcibly converted through a maulana and subsequently married. She further stated that she gave birth to a baby girl in 2022 and that the child was born in Aheri village, where she was taken to live after marriage. In her complaint, the woman stated that circumstances changed after the marriage. She stated that the accused and his relatives began pressuring her to demand a share of her parents’ property. When her demands were not met, she was subjected to mental and physical torture. She further stated that attempts were made to force her into humiliating and immoral acts, and that she was also abused in front of her young daughter. Based on the complaint, Nandini Nagar Police registered a case against the accused, Mohammad Yasin Javed, under sections 319 and 85 of the Indian Penal Code and section 4 of the Chhattisgarh Freedom of Religion Act, and arrested him.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The primary category selected in this case is: Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The subcategory selected is: Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary category selected is: 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 selected is: Forced conversion before marriage. The tertiary category selected is: Forced to do Nikah. 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. This case is a clear example of a religiously driven hate crime because a Hindu woman was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man who concealed his identity and posed as a Hindu. The victim was also sexually exploited, forcibly converted to Islam and was made to undergo nikah by the accused. Firstly, the perpetrator's act of deception by posing as a Hindu itself demonstrates a clear bias and malicious intent towards the victim’s religion. By hiding his true identity, the Muslim man manipulated the Hindu woman's trust and targeted her under false pretences, indicating a premeditated effort to exploit the woman based on her religious background. This constituted a direct violation of her right to informed consent regarding whom she chooses to marry, as well as an infringement upon her religious beliefs. Thus, the perpetrator’s deliberate decision to hide his religious identity strongly underscores the religious motive behind this crime. In such instances, identity concealment is not just a deceptive tactic for personal reasons but a calculated strategy rooted in religious profiling and targeting. The accused was aware that the victim, being Hindu, would likely refuse his advances if she knew his real identity, and he circumvented this by lying, which directly points to a religiously driven intent. This deception reflects a larger pattern where Hindu women are specifically singled out using false identities by Muslim men, often with coercion or conversion in mind. Such targeted victimisation based on religion not only demonstrates a fundamental disregard for Hinduism but also exposes a deeper animosity towards the Hindu community. The accused, while maintaining his false Hindu identity, repeatedly sexually exploited her under the false promise of marriage. The sexual exploitation was not an isolated act of betrayal of trust but formed part of a pattern of targeted manipulation. The accused specifically chose to present himself as belonging to her own religious community in order to gain her trust, thereby making her believe she was entering a genuine relationship within her own faith group. What the victim understood as love and commitment was, in reality, a calculated deception designed to facilitate repeated sexual violation. In this context, the sexual exploitation goes beyond individual intent for gratification and reflects an act of dominance and degradation directed at a Hindu woman on the basis of her religious identity. The deliberate targeting through identity impersonation and sustained sexual abuse under the guise of marriage demonstrates a pattern of coercive exploitation, making this a clear instance of a religiously driven hate crime. Thereafter, the perpetrator revealed his true identity and forcibly converted the victim to Islam despite her clear opposition. This act directly violated her religious autonomy and her fundamental right to freely practise and preserve her own faith. The forced conversion demonstrated a disregard for her religious identity and indicated that her faith was treated as something to be discarded rather than respected. By coercing her to abandon her religion, the perpetrator imposed his religious framework upon her, thereby undermining her personal and religious autonomy. This reflects a clear lack of respect for her beliefs and highlights the coercive nature of the relationship, further establishing it as a religiously motivated hate crime. Subsequently, the accused underwent a nikah with the victim. A nikah is an Islamic marriage contract, and in this context it was used not merely to formalise the relationship but to institutionalise the already forced conversion. In Islamic jurisprudence, a non-Muslim woman is required to convert to Islam before marrying a Muslim man, and in this case, the accused compelled the victim to convert in order to satisfy this requirement and legitimise the union under religious law. This ensured that the conversion was not only forced but also socially and religiously formalised through marriage, making it significantly more difficult for her to return to her original faith. The marriage thus functioned as a mechanism to assert control and permanently bind her within a religious framework she did not voluntarily accept, reinforcing the coercive and religiously motivated nature of the acts. Following this, the perpetrator and his family began pressuring the victim to demand a share of her parents’ property and subjected her to sustained mental and physical torture when she did not comply. They also humiliated her, forced her into degrading and immoral acts, and abused her in front of her daughter. Viewed in the broader context of deception, repeated sexual exploitation, forced conversion, and subsequent coercion for property, the conduct reflects a continued pattern of abuse and control. The victim was treated not as a member of a family or equal partner, but as an instrument for exploitation, first sexual, then religious, and later financial. This progression demonstrates that the abuse was systematic and exploitative in nature, further underscoring the severity of the crime and its classification as a hate-motivated offence. Since this case meets the parameters of a religiously driven hate crime, it has been added to the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the victim’s ordeal begins, rather than when the case is reported in the media. In the present case, the available media report does not specify the exact date on which the victim first met the accused or when the deception into the relationship began. It only states that the accused introduced himself as a Hindu in 2021. Since the news report for this case was published on 18 June 2026, and based on the available information, an indicative incident date of 18 June 2021 has been selected for documentation purposes only. In this case, although the main perpetrator is the Muslim accused, Mohammad Yasin Javed, the Maulana who carried out the forced conversion of the victim was also involved in the commission of the crime. Therefore, the perpetrator count has been recorded as 2.