Hindu woman raped at knife-point and pressurised to marry by a Muslim man

Case Summary
A Hindu woman in Indore filed a case against a Muslim man named Bilal Azam for harassing, blackmail and raping her at knife-point. The accused recorded the act and used it to blackmail the victim. He pressurised her to marry him and when the woman refused, he assaulted her. She and Bilal met at a telecalling centre, where both of of them worked. Bilal approached the woman with a marriage proposal. However, when she rejected the proposal and suggested to remain friends, Bilal didn't take it too well and got aggressive. According to the victim, Bilal started to follow her everywhere and on 15th June 2022, Bilal Azam raped the Hindu woman at knife-point. He recorded obscene photographs and videos of the act to further blackmail the victim. To escape this harassment the Hindu victim shifted to Bengaluru for a job, but unfortunately had to return back to Indore in 2023. Bilal tracked her location down and started to harass her again forcing her to marry him and have sexual relations. When she denied his demands he brutally beat her up and took a personal loan in her name without her consent. The Hindu woman in order to seek justice, with the help of Hindu Jagran Manch filed a case on Bilal Azam on 15th November 2024 in the Vijay Nagar police station.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
Suspicion of why it may be a hate crime: There have been several such cases in which a Muslim man pursues a Hindu woman for a relationship. Thereafter, the woman is forced to convert to Islam. When there is pressure from the Muslim perpetrator on the Hindu women to marry him, often, the pressure is to do a Nikah, since theologically marriages in Islam can only take place between two Muslims. In this case, there is no direct allegation that the woman was being forced to convert and perform Nikah, however, precedence and a string of such cases raise suspicion. Consequently, this case has been added under 'undecided' and will be added to the hate tracker database if and when there is any evidence to substantiate the religious motivation of the 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 filed

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