Hindu girls targeted by Muslim man posing as Hindu, intimate videos recorded for pornography in Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Case ID : 30aa301 | Location : Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India | Date of Incident : Wed, 2 September, 2026

Case ID : 30aa301

Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

2 September, 2026

Hindu girls targeted by Muslim man posing as Hindu, intimate videos recorded for pornography in Dehradun, Uttarakhand

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Wears symbols of Hinduism

Pattern of targeting Hindu women

Case Summary

In Dehradun, Uttarakhand, multiple Hindu girls were targeted by a Muslim man from Motihari, Bihar. He concealed his religious identity on the instructions of maulvis and presented himself as a Hindu by wearing a sacred Tulsi mala around his neck. He befriended Hindu girls and brought them to a recording studio, where intimate and nude videos were made. Case information specifically identified five Hindu girls as being targeted, while multiple videos had already been recorded. The accused was also reportedly involved in producing pornographic material. The matter came to light after members of the Bajrang Dal caught the Muslim man with a Hindu girl at the premises and confronted him over the recordings and the circumstances in which the girls were being approached. During the confrontation, he described the girl present with him as his friend. The circulating account further stated that the accused confessed on camera that he was being paid by maulvis to befriend Hindu girls and record their videos. The presence of a dedicated recording setup, combined with his reference to several Hindu girls, raised concerns that the activity was organised and extended beyond an isolated interaction. The Muslim man also stated that the Hindu girl found with him ordinarily stayed in Delhi and had come with him to Dehradun. He said that she had subsequently fallen ill with a fever of around 102°F, following which he arranged for her to receive an IV/saline drip at a nearby facility. A weapon was also found at the premises, and those confronting the accused stated that it had been kept to frighten the girl and could be used to intimidate her if she refused sexual relations. This added a coercive element to the case alongside the religious impersonation, sexual exploitation and recording of intimate material.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The primary category selected for this case is: Crime against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The subcategory selected for this case is: Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary categories selected are: Wear symbols of Hinduism, 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 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 qualified as a religiously motivated hate crime because the deception was specifically built around the Hindu identity of the women being targeted. The accused did not merely conceal an ordinary personal detail; he presented himself in a manner designed to appear Hindu while approaching Hindu girls. This religious impersonation was significant because it created a false sense of familiarity and reduced the likelihood that the women would recognise that they were being approached under a fabricated identity. A particularly important element was the use of a Tulsi mala. In Hinduism, Tulsi is considered sacred and is closely associated with devotion, purity and worship, particularly in Vaishnav traditions. A Tulsi mala worn around the neck therefore carries a visible religious meaning and can readily signal Hindu devotional identity. By wearing such a sacred symbol while concealing his actual Muslim identity, the accused used a marker of Hindu faith as an instrument of deception. The religious symbol was not incidental; it strengthened the false impression that he belonged to the same faith as the women he was approaching. The pattern of conduct further distinguished the case from an isolated deceptive relationship. The material concerning the incident indicated that multiple Hindu girls were being targeted, with five specifically referred to in connection with the ongoing activity. This repeated focus on Hindu women, combined with the on-camera statement that money was being received from maulvis to befriend Hindu girls and record them, gave the conduct a direct religious nexus. The victims were not selected randomly; their Hindu identity formed part of the stated method and purpose of the targeting. The sexual dimension of the case made the deception substantially more serious. Intimate and nude recordings were stated to have been made, while a weapon was also found at the premises and was described as something that could be used to frighten a woman if she refused sexual relations. This created an environment in which religious impersonation was used to secure access and trust, after which sexual exploitation and intimidation could follow. The initial deception therefore functioned as the entry point into a broader pattern of control over the women. Taken together, the fabricated Hindu appearance, misuse of a sacred Tulsi mala, repeated targeting of Hindu women, recording of intimate material and the organised direction to approach Hindu girls established that the victims’ religious identity was central to the conduct. The case therefore went beyond ordinary impersonation or sexual exploitation and involved the deliberate manipulation of Hindu religious trust to identify, approach and exploit Hindu women. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident date based on when the incident actually occurred, rather than the date on which it was subsequently reported or published. However, the exact date on which the targeting and recording of the Hindu girls began could not be established from the available information. Therefore, 3rd September 2026, the date on which the incident came to public attention, has been used as the indicative incident date for documentation purposes only. Disclaimer: The victim count in this case has been recorded as 6. The available information referred to five Hindu girls who were specifically stated to have been targeted, while one additional Hindu girl was found with the accused at the premises when he was caught. Since these references indicate five targeted Hindu girls in addition to the girl present with him at the time of the confrontation, the Hinduphobia Tracker has recorded 6 Hindu girls as the victim count for documentation purposes.