Hindu woman befriended under false identity, raped, pressured to convert to Islam and wear burqa by Muslim man; forcibly fed meat by his sister

Case ID : 30ab474 | Location : Faridabad, Haryana, India | Date of Incident : Fri, 16 August, 2024

Case ID : 30ab474

Faridabad, Haryana, India

16 August, 2024

Hindu woman befriended under false identity, raped, pressured to convert to Islam and wear burqa by Muslim man; forcibly fed meat by his sister

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Raped and/or murdered after Hindu woman finds out real identity

Blackmailed to convert

Case Summary

In Faridabad, Haryana, a Hindu woman was lured into a friendship by a Muslim man, Danish, who concealed his identity by posing as Rahul and falsely presenting himself as a Hindu. He and his family pressured her to convert to Islam. His sisters and other women threatened her, forcibly put a piece of meat into her mouth, made her wear a burqa and confined her to a room. The accused further demanded that she arrange sexual relations between him and her 21-year-old daughter in exchange for returning her objectionable photographs and videos. The woman worked in sales at a company, where she met Danish, a resident of Dabua Colony, Faridabad. On 17 August 2024, Danish took her in his car to a hotel in the NIT-1 area of Faridabad, where he mixed an intoxicating substance into a cold drink and gave it to her, causing her to lose consciousness. He then raped her and recorded objectionable photographs and videos of the assault on his mobile phone. Upon regaining consciousness, the woman was shown the photographs and videos by Rahul, who threatened to circulate them on social media and ruin her married life if she did not comply with his demands. Following the initial assault, he continued to blackmail and sexually exploit the woman by threatening to circulate the objectionable photographs and videos on social media. He repeatedly offered to delete the material but used it as leverage to maintain control over her. From February 2025, he began demanding money and extorted amounts in several instalments of ₹20,000, ₹30,000, ₹10,000, ₹14,000, ₹50,000, and ₹1,00,000. The woman stated that the overall amount extorted from her exceeded ₹2.50 lakh. Danish had also rented a room near Saran Chowk in Faridabad, where he frequently summoned her. On 29 May 2026, he took the woman to Firozabad, Uttar Pradesh, where his sisters resided. During the visit, she discovered his real name was Danish and that he had concealed his identity by introducing himself as Rahul. When she confronted him, his sisters and other women threatened her. They also pressured her to convert to Islam and forcibly put a piece of meat into her mouth. The woman was forcibly made to wear a burqa and locked inside a room, where Danish raped her again. After returning to Faridabad, the woman asked Danish to return or delete the objectionable photographs and videos. In response, he demanded that she arrange sexual relations between him and her 21-year-old daughter in exchange for returning the material. He also pressured her to facilitate the proposed sexual encounter. The woman further stated that Danish and members of his family had harassed her daughter also. The woman subsequently approached the police and lodged a complaint seeking strict action against Danish. Acting on her complaint, the Kotwali Police Station in Faridabad registered a case against Rahul alias Danish. Police spokesperson Yashpal confirmed that the police registered the First Information Report (FIR). The police initiated an investigation and began searching for the accused.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case is being added to the tracker under the primary category: Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The subcategory selected is: Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary categories selected are: Name Changed and Raped and/or murdered after Hindu woman finds out real identity 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 malafide 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 subcategory selected 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. In this instance, several distinct components show that the offence was committed with religious bias. The Hindu woman was raped, blackmailed and pressured to convert to Islam by a Muslim man who pretended to be Hindu. The perpetrator’s act of deception by posing as a Hindu itself demonstrated a clear disregard for the victim’s religious identity and trust. By hiding his true identity, the Muslim man manipulated the Hindu woman’s trust and approached her under false pretences, indicating a deliberate effort to deceive her. This constituted a direct violation of her right to make an informed choice about whom she chose to marry, as she was kept unaware of the perpetrator’s actual religious identity. Thus, the perpetrator’s deliberate decision to conceal his Muslim identity and present himself as a Hindu strongly underscored the religious dimension of the crime. In such instances, identity concealment is not just a deceptive tactic for personal reasons but a calculated strategy rooted in religious profiling and targeting. The accused knew that the victim, being Hindu, would likely refuse his advances if she knew his real identity, and he circumvented this by lying, which directly pointed to religiously driven intent. This deception reflects a larger pattern where Hindu women are specifically singled out using false identities by Muslim men. Such targeted victimisation based on religion demonstrates a fundamental disregard for Hinduism and exposes deeper animosity towards Hindu women and their beliefs. Following the identity concealment, the Hindu woman was pressured by the accused and his family to abandon Hinduism and convert to Islam. This was a direct attack on her religious identity and her right to practise the faith she had followed. Her Hindu beliefs and traditions were disregarded, while pressure was put on her to accept an entirely different religion against her wishes. Being forced to give up one's ancestral faith strikes at a person's identity, beliefs and sense of belonging. The accused and his family showed no respect for her religious choices and instead sought to dictate which religion she should follow. For the woman, this meant facing pressure to give up her Hindu identity rather than being allowed to live according to her own beliefs and convictions. Moreover, the woman was also forced to wear a burqa. This was particularly significant because it happened alongside pressure to convert to Islam. A Hindu woman who had not voluntarily accepted Islam was made to wear Islamic religious attire against her wishes. Her personal choice, dignity and religious identity were disregarded, while she was forced to conform to customs associated with another faith. The act went beyond simply controlling what she wore. In the circumstances described, it formed part of a wider attempt to impose an Islamic identity on her. She was not allowed to make her own choices about her appearance or retain her identity without interference. The other significant religious marker here is that the accused's sister also forced her to eat meat. This act further violated her personal and religious freedom. The force-feeding of meat to the victim was not a neutral act or a cultural misunderstanding. For many Hindu women, the consumption of meat carries profound religious significance. It is not merely a dietary preference but a matter of faith, identity, and deeply held religious conviction. Forcing meat upon her against her will was an act of religious desecration, a deliberate assault on the most intimate expression of her Hindu identity. It was not done carelessly. It was done to humiliate, to violate, and to signal that her Hindu identity was no longer hers to protect. When the woman confronted the accused after discovering that his actual name was Danish and questioned the concealment of his identity and the pressure to convert her religion, his sisters and other women threatened her. Instead of addressing her concerns, they intimidated her for questioning what had happened to her. A woman who had already endured sexual exploitation and blackmail was further threatened when she tried to stand up for herself and defend her identity. The involvement of the accused's family made the situation even more intimidating, as the pressure did not come from him alone. The incident showed how threats and intimidation were used to silence her when she resisted the religious coercion and questioned the accused's concealed identity. Rather than being allowed to assert her rights and retain her Hindu identity, she was subjected to further intimidation and humiliation. The incident also involved sustained coercive control through sexual exploitation and blackmail. After establishing a relationship under a concealed identity, the accused sexually exploited the victim and subsequently threatened to circulate her objectionable photographs and videos on social media. Such threats were not isolated acts of intimidation. They became a means of compelling compliance by exploiting the victim's fear of social humiliation and the consequences such material could have for her personal and family life. The pressure to convert to Islam, when combined with repeated sexual exploitation, financial extortion and blackmail, further undermined the victim's freedom to make an independent decision regarding her faith. This incident is a glaring example of how religious intolerance can manifest in deceptive and coercive actions, with the ultimate goal of pressuring a Hindu woman to abandon her faith and submit to religious conversion. The deliberate concealment of the accused's identity, the subsequent attempt to force conversion, the imposition of a burqa and the forcible placement of meat in the victim's mouth highlight the extent of disdain the accused harboured for the victim's faith. Such acts are in fact carried out because of the inherent hostility the accused harbours 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. This mindset does not merely tolerate the existence of another faith but seeks its erasure or assimilation. As a result, Hindus are often targeted not because of who they are as individuals, but because of their religious identity. The violence, deception, or humiliation inflicted in such cases is therefore not random, but part of a broader ideological hostility toward Hinduism and its symbols, practices, and adherents. Here, too, the predatory actions stemmed from doctrinal animosity towards the Hindu faith, which is why this case is being documented as a religiously motivated hate crime. 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 incident occurred. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on the earliest mentioned date, 17th August 2024, when the accused took the victim to a hotel and sexually assaulted her. Three perpetrators have been identified in this case: Danish, the main accused, and his two sisters, who were involved in threatening and intimidating the victim and subjecting her to religious coercion. All three were identified as having roles in the victim's exploitation, intimidation or religious coercion. Therefore, the perpetrator count has been recorded as '3' for documentation purposes only.