Minor Hindu girl lured, subjected to prolonged sexual abuse and threats by Muslim men in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India 
21 September, 2024
Case Summary
In Sagar district, Madhya Pradesh, a 14-year-old Hindu girl was subjected to prolonged sexual and physical abuse by two Muslim men for nearly two years. The accused also threatened to kill the minor when she resisted the abuse and assaulted her brother after her family opposed their actions. The incident came to light after the minor disclosed the abuse to her family. According to her statement to the police, Alishan Khan and another Muslim man from her locality had been sexually exploiting her for nearly two years (2024) after luring her into a love affair. During this period, the accused subjected her to continuous mental and physical abuse. The minor told the police that whenever she tried to resist, the accused threatened to kill her. The victim subsequently informed her brother about the abuse she had suffered. After the family opposed the accused's actions, the accused assaulted her brother. Following the incident, the victim and her family remained under fear and pressure from the accused. The family later approached Hindu organisations for assistance. Members of the organisations accompanied the victim and her family to the Women's Police Station, where a complaint was lodged, and the minor's statement was recorded. Hindu organisation leader Kapil Swami demanded strict action against the accused, stating that such incidents had been emerging from different parts of the district. The organisation also linked the case to what it described as ‘love jihad’ and demanded action against those responsible. Based on the victim's statement and the available facts, the Women's Police Station registered a case against the two accused under relevant legal provisions and initiated an investigation. Police teams were deployed to locate the accused, while efforts were also made to collect evidence related to the case. Police officials stated that further legal action would be taken based on the facts emerging during the investigation. At the time of documenting the incident, the accused were being searched for, and the police investigation was ongoing.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case is being added to the Undecided database of the Hinduphobia Tracker because, despite the victim being a minor Hindu girl who was sexually and physically assaulted by two Muslim perpetrators, the available case details do not establish any direct religious motivation behind their conduct. In this case, the religious identities of the victim and the perpetrators, with the victim being Hindu and the perpetrators being Muslim, raise the possibility of a religious motivation behind the crime. This is because there have been several instances of Muslim men luring Hindu minor girls into relationships and subsequently subjecting them to sexual and physical abuse in circumstances where their Hindu identity becomes relevant. In many such cases, the abuse is accompanied by efforts to pressure the victims to abandon their Hindu faith and identity and convert to Islam. Victims in such cases have been targeted, exploited, humiliated and coerced on account of their religious identity. In the present case, the fact that the minor Hindu girl was lured into a relationship and subsequently subjected to prolonged sexual and physical abuse, while her brother was also assaulted after he and his family opposed the perpetrators' actions, raises suspicion of a possible religious motivation behind the crime. The possibility of a religious motivation is also raised by the fact that the victim was specifically a Hindu girl. However, this by itself does not establish that her Hindu identity was the reason she was targeted. It is equally plausible that this was a crime of opportunity and that the perpetrators exploited the victim because she was accessible to them, irrespective of her religious identity. Therefore, while the circumstances raise suspicion, they do not conclusively establish a religious motive. The religious motivation behind the crime remains difficult to establish because nowhere in the available case details is it stated that the victim was targeted because she was Hindu, assaulted because of her Hindu identity, subjected to efforts to convert her, or targeted with anti-Hindu slurs or other explicitly religious abuse. In the absence of such definitive religious markers, it is difficult, at the stage of documentation, to classify the incident as a hate crime. The Hinduphobia Tracker follows strict parameters for recording an incident as a hate crime, including the presence of a demonstrable religious motivation. Since no direct or definitive religious motivation is established in the available details of this case, it will remain in the Undecided database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. If further information emerges establishing a religious motivation behind the crime, the case will be reassessed and transferred to the hate crime database of the tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident date based on when the victim's ordeal began, rather than the date on which the incident was reported by the media. In the present case, media reports did not specify the exact date on which the victim's ordeal began and only stated that it began in 2024. As the incident was reported by the media on 22 September 2026, an indicative incident date of 22 September 2024 has been selected for documentation purposes only, based on the available information.
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 1
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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