Hindu woman deceived into a relationship by Muslim man posing as Hindu, assaulted when real identity is discovered

Case Summary
In Lucknow, a young woman reported being deceived, raped, and extorted by a man who hid his identity. Sameer Ahmed, posed as Sameer Pandey to befriend her in 2019 through Instagram. Over time, he trapped her in a false relationship, promising marriage and gaining her trust. He then established a physical relationship with her and extorted ₹30 lakh, claiming financial needs for his sister's marriage and business ventures. To further deceive her, he handed over two cheques as assurance. When the woman pressed for marriage, Sameer began avoiding her. Suspecting foul play, she visited his home, where she discovered his real identity. Sameer was married and had children. On confronting him, Sameer and his family forcibly detained her, beat her, and confiscated the cheques he had given. They also threatened to throw acid on her if she complained. The victim, originally from Rura in Kanpur Dehat and residing in Vibhutikhand, lodged a formal complaint at the Vibhutikhand police station on December 9, 2024.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case is being added to the primary category 'Crimes against women in relationship and other sexual crimes' under the sub-category 'man pretends to be Hindu'. 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. In this case, the Muslim man pretended to be a Hindu, hiding his real religious identity to specifically target the woman who was a Hindu. Thereafter, they got involved an intimate relationship. When the woman found out the perpetrator's real identity, she was assaulted and threatened. When a Muslim man hides his religious identity, it is with the express intent of trapping the victim in a relationship for further nefarious goals such as conversion. When Muslim perpetrators hide their religious identity, they not only disenfranchise the Hindu women from their agency to choose, but also, target them specifically based on their religious identity. For that reason, this case is being documented as 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 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 1
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0

Case Status
Complaint registered

Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male