Hindu woman sexually exploited, blackmailed, offered 8 lakhs for religious conversion and nikah by Muslim man faking Hindu identity
Raisen, Madhya Pradesh, India 
25 August, 2026
Case Summary
In the Raisen district of Madhya Pradesh, a Hindu woman was deceived, sexually exploited and pressured to convert to Islam by a Muslim man named Mumtaz Mohammad. According to reports, the accused, 48-year-old Mumtaz Mohammad, an electrician working with CG Power Company, had befriended a 27-year-old Hindu woman, who was her colleague, while introducing himself as a Hindu man named Manish. He also accompanied her to temples, applied tilak on his forehead and participated in Hindu religious practices, which helped him conceal his Muslim identity and develop a relationship with her. According to the woman's statement to the police, Mumtaz took her to Kubereshwar Dham, where he drugged and raped her. He subsequently recorded an obscene video and used it to blackmail her, threatening to circulate it if she did not comply with his demands. The woman was also subjected to repeated pressure to convert to Islam and undergo nikah with him. Furthermore, it was also revealed that the accused was already married. Mumtaz's wife was also aware of the relationship and supported the proposal that the Hindu woman undergo nikah with him. The accused and his family also offered the woman ₹8 lakh for converting to Islam and nikah. Following the woman's complaint, Hindu organisation members reached Mandideep police station and demanded action against Mumtaz and others involved in the matter. Subsequently, the case was transferred to Kolar police station in Bhopal. Police subsequently arrested Mumtaz Mohammad. The woman also spoke about the incident publicly and warned other Hindu women against falling into similar situations.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The incident 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, and the tertiary category selected is: Name changed and wears symbols of Hinduism. 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. The other sub-category selected here is - Forced conversion before marriage, with the tertiary category being - Forced to do nikah. In such cases, a non-Hindu man is in a relationship with a Hindu woman when the pressure to convert her religion begins to manifest. In such cases, typically, two patterns emerge. First, when the relationship is consensual, and the religious identity of the perpetrator is known to the Hindu woman in the relationship, however, at some point during the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts to force the victim to convert her religion and give up her Hindu religious identity. The second is when the woman gets into a marriage with the man pretending to share her faith. Later, when the truth is revealed, the man starts pressuring the woman to convert her religion and give up her religious identity. In both the situations, the methods used to force the victim to convert her religion often revolve around force-feeding beef, forcing her to wear hijab, forcing her to read the Kalma or even pressurizing the victim to do ‘Nikah’, which is marriage under Islamic law, with a prerequisite being conversion to Islam. Cases where a Hindu woman consensually converts to Islam in a relationship will be left out of the hate crime database, even though it could be argued in several cases that the conversion was a result of religious brainwashing. The other sub-category selected here 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 her religion, owing to her religious identity of being 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 her 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 here 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 pressurizing 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 other primary category selected here is - Predatory Proselytisation. Within it, the sub-category selected here is - Conversion/ attempts to convert by inducement. Predatory Proselytisation is not just limited to threat, harassment, force and violence, but it also has contours of stealth. In several cases, the Hindu victim is exploited to convert, with non-Hindus taking advantage of their poverty. In such cases, the Hindu victim who is suffering financially is offered monetary benefits, including lucrative offers for jobs, health treatment, education, etc, to induce the victim into changing his/her religion. In such cases, the religious identity of the victim and the aim to disenfranchise him from his faith form the heart of the crime. Also, taking advantage of and exploiting an individual’s economic vulnerabilities is widely acknowledged as exploitation, forms of which are often penalised by law. Such cases therefore are considered religiously motivated hate crimes since the victim’s religious identity forms the very heart of the crime itself. The case qualified as a religiously motivated hate crime because the conduct went beyond the commission of sexual and relationship-related offences and contained a sustained element directed at the victim's religious identity. The central religious dimension lay in the fact that the accused pressured her convert to Islam. This sequence was significant because the victim was not simply being coerced into a relationship; she was being subjected to coercion for religious conversion. The use of a false Hindu identity was particularly relevant to establishing the religious character of the offence. 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. Presenting himself as Hindu removed a factor that could have affected the victim's willingness to enter into the relationship. The deception therefore operated specifically along a religious line. It was not merely the concealment of a personal detail such as marital status, employment or family circumstances. The concealed information concerned the accused's religious identity, and the relationship subsequently became a means through which pressure to change the victim's religion was exerted. This made religion materially relevant to how the victim was approached and subsequently treated. The religious conversion angle provided a direct indication of religious motivation. The victim was pressured to adopt Islam and undergo nikah. In Islam, marriage to a non-Muslim partner is prohibited, which was why she was pressured for religious conversion before undergoing nikah. Furthermore, pressuring a Hindu individual to discard her religious faith and embrace another was a direct attack on her religious identity and dignity. It was not a matter of personal choice; it was coercion rooted in hostility towards the victim's Hindu identity. Such an attempt reflects religious animosity because the act was not simply about personal differences but about erasing the victim’s Hindu faith, making it a religiously motivated crime. The blackmail and sexual exploitation also had significance in understanding the religious dimension of the case. Coercive material and threats can substantially reduce a victim's ability to refuse demands or leave a relationship. In this instance, those forms of control reportedly existed alongside pressure to convert. Consequently, the religious demand did not occur in an environment of equal choice. Often in such cases, sexual violence or blackmail serves a dual purpose: physical subjugation and religious humiliation. The intention was to break the victim down, emotionally, physically, and spiritually, so that she could be converted. This was not random violence; it was systematic, targeted, and rooted in religious animosity. The offer of ₹8 lakh as an inducement to convert to Islam and undergo nikah further demonstrated that the pressure was directed towards changing the victim’s religion rather than merely continuing the relationship. The financial incentive attached specifically to the act of conversion indicated an attempt to influence her religious decision through material gain. By offering a substantial sum of money in return for abandoning her Hindu faith and converting to Islam, the accused and his family sought to make conversion more appealing or difficult for the victim to refuse. This financial inducement, when considered alongside the coercive circumstances surrounding the relationship, constituted a significant religious dimension to the case. The case therefore demonstrated several indicators of religious bias: the manipulation of religious identity, the use of Hindu religious affiliation as part of the deception, pressure directed specifically at changing the victim's religion, and an inducement connected to conversion. Such actions stem from inherent hostility towards the victim's professed faith since Abrahamic faiths believe that any non-adherent to the faith is subject to being dehumanised till they convert. Such acts were not merely personal crimes; they were rooted in a desire to dominate and erase the religious identity of the victim. Since such predatory actions stem from doctrinal animosity towards the Hindu faith and its adherents, this case is being documented as a religiously motivated hate crime. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker acknowledges that multiple persons were involved in pressuring the Hindu woman to convert to Islam. However, only the accused, Mumtaz Mohammad, and his wife were explicitly identified in the news reports as being involved in the conversion-related pressure. Therefore, the number of perpetrators has been conservatively recorded as 2. 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 lured the victim. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media, 26 August 2026.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 1
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Case sub-judice
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
both
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