Hindu woman deceived into marriage by Muslim man pretending to be Hindu in Medak, Telangana

Case ID : 30a9b89 | Location : Medak, Telangana, India | Date of Incident : Sat, 1 August, 2020

Case ID : 30a9b89

Medak, Telangana, India

1 August, 2020

Hindu woman deceived into marriage by Muslim man pretending to be Hindu in Medak, Telangana

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Case Summary

In Medak, Telangana, a Hindu woman was deceived into marriage by a Muslim man who concealed his real name, religious identity, and family background by posing as a Hindu orphan named “Hemanth”. The incident came to light on 2 August 2026 in Gundreddipally village of Toopran mandal, Medak district. Around six years earlier (2020), the accused had first come into contact with the victim’s family when Manne Sujatha and her husband, residents of Gundreddipally, used to visit the Koukuntla Dargah in Medchal-Malkajgiri district, believing that it would help cure their health problems. There, the accused introduced himself as Hemanth and stated that he had no family and was an orphan. By gaining their trust, he developed a close relationship with the victim’s family. Later, the accused shifted to Gundreddipally and began staying there. While maintaining close relations with the family, he developed a relationship with Sujatha’s second daughter, the victim in the case, in the name of love. With the consent of the family, the couple got married at a function hall in Toopran in May 2026. A few months after the marriage, the woman became suspicious of the accused’s behaviour due to his frequent visits to Miyapur, which he stated were related to work. She began monitoring his movements and, after checking his mobile phone, found videos showing him in obscene acts with several women. Following an argument over the issue, the accused left the village. A few days later, when he returned to Gundreddipally, the woman informed local villagers, who confronted and assaulted him. During the confrontation, the accused admitted that he was not an orphan and had a family. He disclosed that his real name was Nazar and that he had concealed his religious identity before the marriage. He further revealed that his mother lived in Keesara and his younger brother resided in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. Following this, the woman filed a police complaint against Nazar. Based on the complaint, police arrested the accused. Sub-Inspector Gangaraju confirmed that the accused had been taken into custody. Police seized his mobile phone, and its data was being analysed as part of the investigation.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The primary category for this case is: Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The subcategory for this case is: Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary category for this case 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 fide 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. This case is a clear example of a religiously driven crime targeting a Hindu woman, where her religious identity became the basis for the deception and exploitation carried out by the accused. By concealing his real name and religious identity and presenting himself as a Hindu under the name “Hemanth”, the accused deliberately created a false sense of religious trust and familiarity. This act of identity concealment was not merely a personal deception but a calculated means of gaining the confidence of a Hindu woman and her family, enabling him to establish a relationship and marriage under false pretences. The accused’s decision to assume a Hindu identity demonstrates that the victim’s religious background was central to the manner in which the deception was carried out. By hiding his true identity, he deprived the victim of the ability to make an informed decision regarding a relationship and marriage, matters deeply connected with personal, cultural, and religious considerations. The false representation of belonging to the same religious community removed the victim’s opportunity to evaluate the relationship with complete knowledge of the circumstances, directly affecting her religious autonomy and informed consent. The nature of the deception indicates that the victim was targeted specifically because she was Hindu. The accused’s adoption of a false Hindu identity to gain her trust reflects a bias directed towards exploiting her religious identity and manipulating the social and religious trust attached to it. The harm suffered by the victim was not limited to individual betrayal but arose from the deliberate use of her Hindu identity as a point of access for deception. Such conduct reflects prejudice towards the victim’s faith and demonstrates a pattern where Hindu women are subjected to exploitation through deception and misuse of religious identity by Muslim men. The victim’s complaint indicates that the accused concealed his real religious identity, adopted a false Hindu identity, and entered into a marital relationship by suppressing facts that were essential for her to make an informed choice. The deliberate manipulation of religious identity to gain the trust of a Hindu woman places her Hindu identity at the centre of the offence and highlights a pattern where Hindus are subjected to deception and exploitation on the basis of their faith. Therefore, this case is being documented in the Hinduphobia Tracker as an instance of targeted harm against a Hindu woman where religious identity was used as a tool for deception. Disclaimer: Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when a victim’s ordeal begins rather than the date on which the incident is reported by the media. In this case, media reports did not specify the exact date when the victim’s ordeal began. They only stated that the accused first came into contact with the victim’s family around six years earlier, in 2020, after which he developed a relationship with the victim and eventually married her. The incident came to light on 2 August 2026. Therefore, by combining the available timeline details, an indicative incident date of 2 August 2020 has been recorded for documentation purposes only.