Hindu woman deceived and subjected to prolonged sexual exploitation by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Case ID : 30a943b | Location : Surat, Gujarat, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 1 June, 2026

Case ID : 30a943b

Surat, Gujarat, India

1 June, 2026

Hindu woman deceived and subjected to prolonged sexual exploitation by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Case Summary

In Vesu, Surat, Gujarat, a Hindu woman was deceived and sexually exploited by a Muslim man named Salmeen Salminbhai Makwana, who concealed his religious identity and pretended to be a Hindu. deceiving her into a relationship on the false pretext of marriage, sexually exploiting her, coercing her into undergoing an abortion after she became pregnant, and defrauding her of ₹3.35 lakh. According to the complaint, the accused introduced himself as "Somil" and represented himself as a Hindu, while his real name was Salmeen Salminbhai Makwana, a Muslim resident of Rajkot. Believing his false identity and promise of marriage, the victim entered into a relationship with him. During this time, the accused repeatedly established sexual relations with her under the false pretext of marriage. When she became pregnant, he refused to marry her and pressured her to terminate the pregnancy, following which she underwent an abortion. The complaint further stated that the accused extracted a total of ₹3.35 lakh from her on various pretexts. After realising that she had been deceived about his identity and exploited, the victim approached the Vesu Police Station in Surat and lodged a complaint. Based on her statement, the police registered a case against Salmeen Salminbhai Makwana under relevant sections pertaining to rape, cheating and causing abortion, formed multiple teams to trace him, and initiated further investigation.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of : Crimes against women in relationships or other sexual crimes. The subcategory selected is: Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary categories selected are: Name Changed, Pattern of targeting Hindu women. 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. In this case, 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, 2 June 2026.