Hindu medical student raped by Muslim classmate posing as Hindu in Dehradun; accused said Maulvi promised ₹4 lakh for targeting Hindu girls

Case ID : 30a9495 | Location : Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India | Date of Incident : Sat, 4 July, 2026

Case ID : 30a9495

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

4 July, 2026

Hindu medical student raped by Muslim classmate posing as Hindu in Dehradun; accused said Maulvi promised ₹4 lakh for targeting Hindu girls

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Pattern of targeting Hindu women

Brainwashed and/or groomed

Rape and sexual assault/harassment

Case Summary

In the Ramnagar area of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, a Hindu woman was lured, deceived, and raped by a Muslim man who posed as a Hindu. The accused revealed he had studied at a madrasa, where an Islamic cleric (Maulvi) had promised a payment of ₹4 lakh for targeting Hindu girls and exploiting them by concealing his religious identity. The matter came to light when a video of the incident surfaced online. In the video, members of the Bajrang Dal stated that, after receiving information about the incident from residents, they went to a house in Dehradun and found the accused inside a room with the Hindu women. The locals stated that they were alerted after hearing the screams of a Hindu woman coming from the room. When they questioned the accused, he denied that any woman was present inside. However, they heard a woman sobbing. Upon entering the room, they found two Hindu women, one Hindu woman sitting in a corner and crying, while two Muslim men were present inside. The locals stated that the two Muslim men were Sohail and Aman Qureshi. When the locals questioned the men, one of them introduced himself as 'Aman Kumar'. However, upon further inquiry, he was identified as Aman Qureshi, son of Dr Zeeshan Qureshi. Thereafter, the locals informed the Bajrang Dal. According to the video, the Bajrang Dal members questioned the accused, who stated he was from Muzaffarnagar. He further stated that he studied at Shri Devbhoomi College, Dehradun, where he met the victim. He also admitted that he had intended to forcibly establish physical relations with the victim, whom he claimed was his girlfriend. During the interaction captured in the video, the accused further acknowledged that he had committed sexual acts upon the victim without her consent. He also stated that he had studied at a madrasa for four years, where an Islamic cleric had promised a payment of ₹4 lakh for targeting Hindu girls and where they had been taught about 'Love Jihad'. According to the video, the Hindu woman stated that she met the accused during medical duty at the college. She stated that the Muslim man had concealed his religious identity by introducing himself as a Hindu named Aman and had befriended her. The victim further stated that the accused invited her to a birthday party and forcibly raped her. In the video, the woman reiterated that she had believed the accused to be Hindu because he had introduced himself as Aman and had concealed his Muslim identity throughout the relationship. The victim further stated that she was not the accused's girlfriend. Individuals present during the interaction stated that the accused had deliberately adopted a Hindu identity to befriend and deceive a Hindu woman. They further stated that the victim had repeatedly asked the accused not to circulate her private photographs and videos, but he continued threatening to make them viral to coerce her. The video further showed Hindu activists urging parents to remain vigilant when sending their daughters away from home for study or work. Those present stated that the concealment of religious identity, followed by blackmail, had been used to target Hindu women.

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. Under this, 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 mala fides 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 selected subcategory is Brainwashed and/or Groomed. The tertiary category included 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’ 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 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 hate crimes. This case was included in the Hinduphobia Tracker because a Hindu woman was targeted by a Muslim man who concealed his religious identity, gained her trust under a false Hindu persona, and subsequently subjected her to sexual exploitation and coercion. The religious trigger was evident from the deliberate concealment of the accused's Muslim identity and his adoption of a Hindu identity to approach a Hindu woman who may not otherwise have entered into such a relationship. The religious dimension was further reinforced by the accused's statement that he had been taught at a madrasa to target Hindu girls and had been promised financial rewards for doing so. The deception formed the foundation of the entire offence. By presenting himself as a Hindu and using a Hindu name, the accused ensured that the victim believed she was interacting with a fellow Hindu. Such conduct was not incidental but carefully designed to overcome religious barriers and secure the victim's trust through false representation. The concealment of identity deprived the victim of the opportunity to make an informed decision regarding the relationship and demonstrated that the accused understood the significance of religious identity in the victim's choices. Furthermore, the accused's own statements indicated that the victim was not selected at random. The admission that Hindu girls were specifically identified as targets pointed towards religious profiling, where Hindu women were singled out because of their religious identity. This transformed the incident from an individual act of deception into a targeted offence directed at a member of a specific religious community. The objective was not merely to establish a relationship but to exploit trust that had first been secured through religious misrepresentation. The manner in which the offence unfolded also reflected a systematic pattern of grooming and control. The accused first concealed his identity, then developed a friendship with the victim, and gained her trust. When the victim had lowered her guards, he, thereafter, on the pretext of his birthday, invited the victim and forced himself upon her. This sequence demonstrated planning rather than spontaneity, with each stage building on the previous one to deepen the victim's vulnerability and reduce her ability to escape. Significantly, this was not an isolated pattern. On the same day, another case emerged from Dehradun in which a Hindu woman stated that she had been deceived, sexually exploited, threatened, and blackmailed by a Muslim man who had posed as a Hindu. In that case as well, the accused stated that he had studied at a madrasa where he had been instructed by a Maulvi to target Hindu girls by concealing his religious identity. The similarity in method, victim selection, and stated motivation indicated a recurring modus operandi rather than a chance occurrence, reinforcing the conclusion that such incidents formed part of a broader pattern of targeting Hindu women through deception. The sexual exploitation in this case was therefore inseparable from the religious deception that preceded it. The victim's Hindu identity was central to the manner in which the offence was executed, as the accused deliberately concealed his religion to gain access to and exploit a Hindu woman. The subsequent coercion and intimidation were not independent acts but the culmination of a process that began with religious deception and targeted victim selection. Such acts are carried out by Muslim perpetrators due to indoctrination by Islamic theology, which advocates that all non-Muslims (referred to as kafirs) are inferior and subject to subjugation unless they convert to Islam or live under Islamic rule (dhimmitude). These ideas are not mere abstractions; they manifest in actions where non-Muslims, especially Hindus in India, are seen as targets for religious domination, coercion, or humiliation. This theological framework fosters an "us versus them" mindset, in which any assertion of Hindu identity or religious freedom is seen not only as undesirable but as a threat to Islamic supremacy. As a result, perpetrators who are shaped by such teachings feel justified, even morally obligated, to harass, suppress, or violently attack Hindus, particularly when Hindus assert their religious rights or resist conversion. Such acts, therefore, are not isolated but driven by a broader ideological hostility towards Hindus as non-believers and reflect an attempt to impose religious dominance. Taken together, the incident demonstrated deliberate planning, religious profiling, deception, sexual exploitation, and coercion directed against a Hindu woman because of her religious identity. The accused's own statements regarding the targeting of Hindu girls, coupled with the calculated concealment of his identity and the subsequent exploitation of the victim, established the religious motive underlying the offence. For these reasons, the case warranted inclusion in the Hinduphobia Tracker as a religiously motivated hate crime. Disclaimer: The tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurred, or the victim's ordeal began, rather than when it was reported or published. However, when this information is unavailable, the tracker uses the earliest available date. Here, the exact date on which the victim met the accused and was deceived was not mentioned. Therefore, 5 July 2026 has been used as the indicative incident date, reflecting the publication date as the earliest available reference point. This date has been recorded for documentation purposes only.