Hindu woman blackmailed with intimate videos, pressured to convert to Islam by Muslim man who trapped her 6-years-ago posing as Hindu

Case ID : 30a9559 | Location : Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Tue, 7 July, 2026

Case ID : 30a9559

Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, India

7 July, 2026

Hindu woman blackmailed with intimate videos, pressured to convert to Islam by Muslim man who trapped her 6-years-ago posing as Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Blackmailed to convert

Assault or threat upon refusal to convert

Attack not resulting in death

Attacked for opposing radicals or trying to save victim

Case Summary

In Hapur, Uttar Pradesh, a married Hindu woman was threatened and pressured to convert to Islam by a Muslim man who introduced himself as a Hindu when they first met around six years earlier, in 2020, before her marriage. The woman stated that after she discovered the accused's true identity and ended all contact, he and his associate continued to harass her for years. The accused blackmailed and pressured the victim to convert to Islam and perform Nikah with him. He also threatened her family and assaulted her husband when he raised objections. According to the complaint submitted to the Superintendent of Police, the Hindu woman came into contact with a man employed in the Railways as a guard before her marriage. She stated that the accused initially introduced himself as a Hindu and concealed his Muslim identity, thereby gaining her trust. Believing that he belonged to the same religious community, she developed a friendship with him. The accused also assured her of marriage and, according to the complaint, established a physical relationship with her during this period. The woman stated that she later discovered that the accused was a Muslim and had deliberately hidden his real religious identity from the beginning of their association. Upon learning the truth, she immediately ended the relationship and severed all contact with him. Around six years ago, she married another man and began living with her husband and children. Despite the end of their relationship, the Muslim accused, identified as Gabbu, along with his associate Adil, continued to target the Hindu woman. According to the complaint, the accused had recorded intimate photographs and videos during their earlier relationship and used this material to blackmail her for several years. The woman stated that the accused repeatedly threatened to circulate the videos on social media and used them to pressure her into leaving her husband, converting to Islam, and marrying him through nikah. She further stated that the accused subjected her to repeated harassment through phone calls and other means and also threatened to abduct her if she refused to comply. The Hindu woman further stated that the accused showed the intimate videos to her husband, escalating tensions within the family. When her husband confronted the accused over the harassment, Gabbu and Adil called him to the railway crossing quarters where Gabbu was posted and assaulted him. According to the complaint, they physically attacked him, attempted to strangle him, and threatened to kill him. The woman also stated that the accused threatened her entire family with serious consequences if they continued to resist his demands. Fearing for the safety of herself and her family, the Hindu woman approached the Superintendent of Police's office and sought legal action against both accused and protection for her family. Taking note of the seriousness of the matter, senior police officials ordered an investigation. Police stated that all statements referenced in the complaint were being thoroughly examined and that further legal action would be taken based on the investigation's findings.

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 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 mala fides. 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 sub-category selected is: Blackmailed to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman is blackmailed to convert to their religion, owing to her religious identity as a Hindu. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim; however, there could be cases where the relationship is not consensual, and the non-Hindu man starts blackmailing a Hindu woman to convert to his religion. In these cases, it is often seen that the Hindu woman is blackmailed with intimate photos and/or videos, threats of harm to her or her family, threats of violence, etc. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. The other sub-category selected is: Assault or threat upon refusal to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces threats or assault after she refuses to convert and change her religious identity owing to pressure/force by the non-Hindu man. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts pressurising the Hindu woman to convert to Islam and, upon her refusal, assaults or threatens the victim. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. Cases where the Hindu woman converts to Islam and does not file a complaint about the force or threat are not considered a part of the hate tracker, even though it may be argued that the woman was brainwashed or threatened to convert to Islam. The second primary category selected is: Attack not resulting in death. The sub-category selected is: Attacked for opposing radicals and trying to save the victim. In several cases, Hindus are attacked for opposing religiously motivated crimes being committed against a fellow Hindu or simply for voicing an opinion opposing radical elements, who either have in the past or continue to persecute Hindus. In such cases, the initial attack against the victim, against which the Hindu was trying to defend the victim, would also need to be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime. Since the initial crime itself was religiously motivated and the subsequent crime of attempting to save the victim or speaking against the radical elements ends up inviting a violent attack, it would also be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime under this category. This case was included in the Hinduphobia Tracker because of the multiple religious markers present. Firstly, a Hindu woman was targeted through religious deception and, years later, after she was married, was subjected to sustained coercion to abandon her Hindu faith and accept Islam. The religious element remained central throughout the whole incident. As per the sequence of events, the accused first concealed his Muslim identity by presenting himself as a Hindu to gain the victim's trust around six years earlier. Upon the victim discovering the deception and ending all contact, the accused resorted to coercive tactics such as blackmail, intimidation, and threats to pressure her to convert to Islam. The accused was fully aware that the victim had since married another man, yet he continued to pressure her to enter into a nikah against her wishes. This demonstrated that the relationship was not an end in itself but a means to facilitate religious conversion. When religious deception failed to achieve his objective, the accused escalated to coercive methods, all aimed at forcing her to abandon her Hindu faith and accept Islam. The use of intimate photographs and videos further highlighted the religious nature of the targeting. The material was used not for financial gain or personal revenge but as a calculated tool to compel the victim to renounce her faith and submit to conversion and nikah. By using blackmail to force a change in the victim's religious identity, the accused attempted to deprive her of her freedom of conscience and her right to continue practising her chosen faith. The proposed nikah was not merely a marriage but the intended culmination of the coerced religious conversion, permanently replacing the victim's Hindu identity with an Islamic one. Significantly, the accused did not cease his actions even after the victim ended the relationship and married another man. Instead, he continued to threaten, intimidate, and pressure her to convert to Islam and enter into a nikah. This demonstrated that the relationship had merely been a pretext to achieve a larger objective rather than a genuine expression of affection. Had the relationship itself been the accused's objective, he would have accepted its end after the victim's marriage. Instead, his continued efforts to force her to abandon her Hindu faith established that his real intention from the very beginning was to secure her religious conversion and replace her Hindu identity with an Islamic one. The religious motive became even more evident when the victim refused to comply. Instead of accepting her decision, the accused continued the threats, intimidation, and harassment. His actions demonstrated an unwillingness to accept the victim's continued adherence to Hinduism and reflected a sustained effort to break her resolve until she abandoned her faith. The hostility therefore stemmed directly from her refusal to convert to Islam and enter into a nikah. Furthermore, the victim's husband was attacked after he opposed the accused's actions and attempted to protect his wife from the continuing conversion pressure. The assault was not an isolated act of violence but arose directly from his resistance to the accused's attempt to coerce a Hindu woman into abandoning her faith. By targeting both the victim and her husband for resisting the conversion demands, the accused extended the same pattern of religiously motivated hostility to anyone who sought to prevent the offence from succeeding. This incident is not an isolated case but part of a broader pattern where Hindu women are deliberately targeted through deception and emotional blackmail for religious conversion and sexual exploitation. Many documented cases indicate that the victim's Hindu identity often becomes a significant factor in their targeting. The violence, manipulation, and betrayal involved in these cases are not isolated acts of cruelty; they are manifestations of an underlying ideological hostility towards Hinduism, its traditions, and its followers, since Abrahamic faiths believe that any non-adherent to the faith is subject to being dehumanised till they convert. Since such predatory actions stem from doctrinal animosity towards the Hindu faith and its adherents, such cases must be recognised and documented as religiously motivated hate crimes. The victims are not just exploited individuals; they are Hindus targeted for being Hindu. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the victim’s ordeal begins or when the crime occurs, rather than on the date the matter is reported in the media. However, in the present case, media reports do not specify the exact date of the incident. Therefore, the date of first media reporting, that is, 08 July 2026, has been taken as the indicative incident date. This date is recorded solely for documentation purposes.