Hindu woman lured with fake marriage promise, pressured to convert to Islam by Muslim man; deserted after refusal in Ranchi, Jhakhand

Case ID : 30aa505 | Location : Ranchi, Jharkhand, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 11 September, 2023

Case ID : 30aa505

Ranchi, Jharkhand, India

11 September, 2023

Hindu woman lured with fake marriage promise, pressured to convert to Islam by Muslim man; deserted after refusal in Ranchi, Jhakhand

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Forced conversion before marriage

Leaves Hindu partner upon refusal to convert

Case Summary

In Ranchi, Jharkhand, a Hindu woman working as a junior artist in Mumbai was lured into a relationship and pressured to convert to Islam by a Muslim man. The accused, Nadeem Ansari, also pressured the victim to work at a spa engaging in obscene activities. The incident came to light after a video of the victim went viral on social media. In the video, she identified Nadeem Ansari as a resident of Gomia and Hazaribagh and named his brother Naved Ansari. She stated that she met Nadeem while working in Mumbai as a junior artist and that their friendship gradually developed into a romantic relationship. She stated that Nadeem subsequently brought her to Ranchi after promising to marry her. The victim further stated that after bringing her to Ranchi, Nadeem's behaviour changed. She stated that he pressured her to work at a spa in Nucleus Mall and to engage in sexual activities with customers. She refused to comply with these demands. When she resisted, Nadeem refused to marry her. Following the dispute, the victim approached the women's police station in Ranchi and lodged a complaint against the accused, Nadeem. Police arrested him and sent him to jail. However, the victim stated that Nadeem subsequently again promised to marry her. A written compromise was reached on that basis, following which he obtained bail. The woman stated that after being released from jail, Nadeem pressured her to convert to Islam, which she refused. Thereafter, Nadeem absconded, and despite an arrest warrant being issued against him, he remained untraced. The victim also named Nadeem's family members, including Shahid Ansari and Naved Ansari, and held them responsible for the mental agony and distress she had suffered. She stated that she felt driven to extreme measures because of the circumstances and appealed for justice. The woman also expressed frustration over the delay in Nadeem's arrest. In a recorded conversation, the investigating officer informed her that efforts were being made to trace Nadeem through technical surveillance.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

The primary category selected in this case is: Crime against women in relationships and other sexual crimes, with the subcategory selected as: Forced conversion before marriage. 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, at some point during the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts to force the victim to convert to his 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 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 pressuring 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 for the case is: Leaves Hindu partner upon refusal to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces pressure/threats/violence to convert and change her religious identity by the non-Hindu man. However, when the Hindu woman refuses to convert, the non-Hindu man ends the relationship or divorces the woman, as the case might be. 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 pressuring the Hindu woman to change her religious identity and, upon her refusal, ends the relationship. Cases where the Hindu woman converts to Islam and does not file a complaint about the force or threat after she refuses to convert to Islam are not considered a part of the hate tracker. This case was added to the Hinduphobia Tracker because the woman's Hindu identity was central to the pattern of exploitation and coercion directed against her. The conduct was not limited to taking advantage of her emotionally or financially. Her vulnerability as a woman seeking love, marriage and a secure future was used to gain her trust, while her identity as a Hindu became the specific target when pressure to convert to Islam was introduced. The progression showed that religion was not an incidental aspect of the relationship but a central element of the coercion. The promise of marriage was used as a means of lowering the woman's guard and creating trust. For a woman seeking a committed relationship and a stable future, the assurance of marriage creates a sense of emotional and personal security. Using that expectation to obtain her trust and then subject her to exploitation transformed the promise of marriage into a tool of control. The promise was therefore not merely a failed commitment. It functioned as the means through which the woman was brought into a position where she could be exploited. The subsequent conduct exposed the nature of this manipulation. Once the woman refused to comply with the demands imposed on her, including the pressure to convert, the promise of marriage was withdrawn, and the accused left her. This showed that the relationship was conditional on her surrendering to the demands imposed on her. Her refusal did not result in respect for her autonomy. Instead, the means of coercion changed, and when she refused to surrender her faith, the accused abandoned her. What began with emotional manipulation and exploitation ultimately progressed into pressure directed at her religion. The attempt to make the woman convert to Islam was therefore particularly significant. It showed that the objective extended beyond exploiting her vulnerability. When she did not surrender to the earlier demands, pressure was directed towards her Hindu faith. The demand for religious change treated her Hindu identity as something that could be subjected to pressure and ultimately replaced. This made her faith a direct object of coercion and demonstrated hostility towards her right to retain her Hindu identity. The sequence also reflected a predatory method in which vulnerable Hindu women are approached through the very things they seek, such as love, marriage, emotional security and a better future. In such cases, trust is first cultivated through assurances that appeal to these expectations. Once that trust is established, the woman's ability to recognise or resist exploitation is weakened systematically and submission is obtained. And if she refuses to submit, religious pressure is forcibly imposed as another means of control. In such a pattern, the promise of a better life becomes the bait, emotional trust becomes the means of access, and conversion becomes the means of seeking control over the woman's religious identity. In this case, the sequence clearly demonstrated that the woman's Hindu identity was the primary target. When she refused to comply with the demands imposed on her, pressure to convert to Islam was introduced, and when she continued to refuse, the accused left her. This showed that conversion was not an incidental demand arising from the breakdown of the relationship. It emerged as a means of overcoming her resistance and securing control over her religious identity. The fact that the accused ultimately abandoned her when she refused to surrender demonstrated that the pressure was directed not merely at obtaining compliance, but at making her abandon the identity she had chosen to retain. The case therefore demonstrated how a Hindu woman's emotional vulnerability was exploited to gain access to her, how promises of marriage were weaponised to obtain her trust, and how religious pressure became the next instrument of control when she refused to surrender. The targeting of her Hindu identity at this stage gave the entire sequence a distinct religious character and demonstrated that her faith was treated as an obstacle to be overcome rather than an identity that had to be respected. Since the conduct demonstrated the targeted exploitation of a Hindu woman followed by pressure aimed at changing her religion, the case was included in the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on the date when the victim suffered the ordeal, rather than the date the incident was reported. In this case, the victim stated that she arrived in Ranchi with the accused in 2023. As no specific date was provided, the date of reporting, 12 September 2026, was aligned with the year of the incident (2023), and 12 September 2023 has been recorded as the date of the incident for documentation purposes. Although the accused was identified as Nadeem Ansari, the victim named three individuals, Nadeem Ansari, Naved Ansari, and Shahid Ansari, as perpetrators. Accordingly, three (3) perpetrators have been recorded in the perpetrator count for this incident.