Muslim youth poses as Hindu to lure a minor Hindu girl, establishes sexual relationship and records act to blackmail her
Narmada, Gujarat, India 
21 February, 2024
Case Summary
A court in the Narmada district of Gujarat has sentenced Imtiaz Pathan, to 10 years in prison and his father Shabbir to 3 years. Both men were fined. Imtiaz had previously raped a minor girl from a tribal community, blackmailing her with obscene videos. His father Shabbir had also attempted to rape the same victim. The case took place in Dediapada, Narmada district. A 17-year-old girl, met Imtiaz Pathan posing as a Hindu and was lured into his love trap. Imtiaz promised her marriage and kidnapped her, raping her repeatedly. When the girl protested, Imtiaz would seduce her in the name of marriage and keep her quiet. He also made obscene videos of the girl and threatened her to keep her mouth shut.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
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.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 1
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 1
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Perpetrator held guilty by court
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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