Hindu woman lured, sexually exploited, and pressured into marriage through blackmail by Muslim man posing as Hindu in Silchar, Assam

Case ID : 30a9619 | Location : Silchar, Assam, India | Date of Incident : Fri, 10 July, 2026

Case ID : 30a9619

Silchar, Assam, India

10 July, 2026

Hindu woman lured, sexually exploited, and pressured into marriage through blackmail by Muslim man posing as Hindu in Silchar, Assam

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Case Summary

In Silchar, Assam, a Hindu woman from Guwahati revealed that a Muslim man, identified as Andhan Hussain Majumdar alias Azmal, a resident of Sonabarighat, posed as a Hindu to deceive her into a relationship. She stated that the accused secretly recorded obscene videos of her without her consent and later blackmailed her with the recordings to coerce her into marrying him and continuing a sexual relationship with him. According to the victim, who worked with the railways in Guwahati, the accused first contacted her through Instagram and later travelled to Guwahati to meet her. She stated that during one such meeting, he recorded intimate videos of her without her knowledge or consent while she was unconscious. She said that she believed the accused to be a Hindu when the relationship began. However, after discovering that he was a Muslim concealing his identity, she immediately ended the relationship. The victim stated that following the breakup, the accused uploaded her private videos on Facebook and Instagram and began blackmailing her. He threatened to circulate the videos further unless she agreed to marry him and continue a physical relationship with him. Left with no other option, the Hindu woman travelled from Guwahati to Silchar and sought assistance from Bajrang Dal, a Hindu organisation. The victim further stated that the accused was involved in drug trafficking and said that his wife was also involved in the incident. According to Bajrang Dal members, the Hindu woman approached them after the accused began blackmailing her. They said they located him at Rangirkhari Point in Silchar, where he attempted to force the victim into a vehicle. Bajrang Dal members intervened, detained the accused, and handed him over to Rangirkhari Police Outpost. Bajrang Dal further stated that incidents they described as "love jihad" had been increasing in Silchar, Karimganj, Badarpur and Guwahati. They demanded that the government enact a stringent law to address such cases, prevent incidents of blackmail targeting women, and take strict action against those involved. They also warned of a large-scale protest if no action was taken. Cachar Police took the accused into custody, and questioning was underway. The matter remained under investigation. No official statement from the accused or the police regarding the crime was immediately available.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The primary category selected in this case is: Crimes against women in relationship or other sexual crimes. 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. In this case, a Hindu woman was deceived into a relationship by a Muslim man who posed as a Hindu. During the course of the relationship, she was sexually exploited after the accused secretly recorded intimate videos of her without her consent while she was unconscious. After she discovered his true religious identity and ended the relationship, he blackmailed her using the recordings, pressuring her to marry him and continue a sexual relationship. The accused's act of concealing his religious identity 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 her based on her religious background. The accused's deliberate decision to conceal his religious identity deprived the victim of her right to make an informed decision about entering into a relationship. Had she been aware of his true identity from the outset, she may not have consented to the relationship. This deception, therefore, constituted a direct violation of her right to informed consent and an infringement upon her religious beliefs. In such instances, identity concealment is not merely a deceptive tactic for personal gain but a calculated strategy rooted in religious profiling and targeting. The accused was aware that the victim, being Hindu, would likely reject his advances if she knew his real identity, and he circumvented this by falsely presenting himself as a Hindu, which directly points to a religiously motivated intent. Furthermore, the accused secretly recorded intimate videos of the victim without her knowledge or consent while she was unconscious. After the victim ended the relationship upon discovering his true religious identity, he uploaded some of those intimate videos on social media and subsequently threatened to circulate more recordings unless she agreed to marry him and continue a sexual relationship. Recording intimate videos of an unconscious victim demonstrates a calculated and predatory pattern of behaviour rather than an isolated or impulsive act. The subsequent publication of those videos further escalated the abuse, transforming the recordings into a weapon for humiliating the victim, violating her dignity, and inflicting severe psychological distress. By exposing her intimate moments without her consent, the accused demonstrated a complete disregard for her bodily autonomy, privacy, and personal dignity. The fact that the recordings were first published and then used to threaten further exposure indicates that the non-consensual recording was not merely an invasion of privacy but part of a premeditated strategy to trap the Hindu victim in a cycle of fear, intimidation, and exploitation. By first publicly exposing the victim's intimate videos and then threatening to release additional recordings, the accused deprived her of any meaningful ability to withdraw from the relationship after she discovered his true identity. The blackmail was specifically employed to force the victim into marriage and compel her to continue a sexual relationship against her will. The threat of further public humiliation served as a powerful instrument of coercion, leaving the victim with the constant fear that additional intimate material would be circulated if she refused to comply with the accused's demands. In this context, marriage functioned as a means of establishing long-term control and domination over the victim, while the continued sexual relationship ensured her sustained sexual exploitation. The use of intimate recordings as a tool to compel both marriage and continued sexual access demonstrates that the accused's objective extended far beyond mere intimidation; it was aimed at exercising complete control over the victim's choices, bodily autonomy, and future. Such conduct reflects a sustained course of manipulation, coercion, and domination designed to strip the victim of her agency. Viewed alongside the concealment of his religious identity, the publication of the intimate videos and the subsequent blackmail reinforce the calculated, targeted, and deeply malicious nature of the crime, demonstrating a deliberate pattern of exploitation rather than an isolated act. Furthermore, the victim was sexually exploited during the relationship and was subsequently coerced into continuing a sexual relationship through blackmail. The sexual exploitation, when viewed alongside the deliberate concealment of the accused's religious identity and the subsequent coercion, cannot be understood merely as conduct motivated by sexual gratification. Rather, it formed part of a broader pattern of domination, humiliation, and abuse directed against a Hindu woman who was specifically targeted after being deceived about the accused's identity. The accused's actions demonstrate an intention not only to exploit the victim sexually but also to violate her dignity, break her resistance, and subject her to continued abuse after she attempted to end the relationship upon learning the truth. By deceiving her, exploiting her trust, and coercing her into maintaining a sexual relationship through blackmail, the accused treated the victim as an object of sustained exploitation rather than as an individual with autonomy and dignity. Such conduct inflicted profound physical, psychological, and emotional harm while also violating her religious convictions and her right to make informed decisions regarding intimate relationships. In this context, the sexual exploitation transcends ordinary criminal misconduct and assumes the character of a religiously motivated act of violence directed against a Hindu woman because of her religious identity. The cumulative pattern of deception, coercion, and sexual abuse demonstrates that this was not merely an offence of sexual exploitation but a hate crime rooted in hostility towards the victim's Hindu identity. This pattern of deception, exploitation, and coercion reflects a broader trend in which Hindu women are specifically targeted through false religious identities. Such targeted victimisation based on religion demonstrates not only a disregard for the victim's personal autonomy and religious beliefs but also a deeper hostility towards Hindus and their faith. The Hinduphobia Tracker has documented nearly 1292 cases of crimes against Hindu women who were trapped in such predatory relationships by Muslim men between 1 January 2023 and 13 July 2026. This body of documented cases indicates that the present incident is not an isolated occurrence but forms part of a broader pattern of similar crimes involving deception, exploitation, and coercion targeting Hindu women. Given that this case meets the parameters of a hate crime, it is being added to the Hinduphobia Tracker's hate crime database. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records the date of an incident based on when the crime occurred rather than when it was reported by the media. However, in this case, the exact date on which the crime occurred or the victim's ordeal began has not been specified in the available sources. Therefore, the date on which the incident was first reported in the media, 11 July 2026, has been selected as the indicative incident date. This date has been recorded solely for documentation purposes and should not be construed as the confirmed date of the occurrence of the crime. According to the victim, the accused's wife was also involved in facilitating the crime. Accordingly, the perpetrator count has been recorded as two, referring to the Muslim man and his wife. This count has been recorded solely for documentation purposes based on the victim's account of the involvement of both individuals in the commission of the offence.