Minor Hindu girl lured into relationship and sexually exploited by Muslim man pretending to be Hindu

Case ID : 8da16c2 | Location : Faridabad, Haryana, India | Date of Incident : Sun, 2 November, 2025

Case ID : 8da16c2

Faridabad, Haryana, India

2 November, 2025

Minor Hindu girl lured into relationship and sexually exploited by Muslim man pretending to be Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Brainwashed and/or groomed

Rape and sexual assault/harassment

Case Summary

In Faridabad, Haryana, a minor Hindu girl was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man who posed as a Hindu. The accused also sexually exploited the victim under this deceit and even threatened her with death. According to media reports, the accused was identified as Sahil Malik, who pretended to be a Hindu man named Ranveer. He met the girl on the Telegram app and lured her into a relationship. After gaining her trust, he took her to an OYO hotel and sexually exploited her. He later revealed his real identity after establishing sexual relations. Shocked by the truth, the girl wanted to end the relationship, but he began threatening to kill her. Traumatised by the ordeal, the girl confided in her family, who decided to confront the accused. The accused, Sahil Malik, began to blackmail the victim and informed her that he would come to Faridabad to meet her again. Using this information, the victim’s family, along with local residents, set a trap and caught him red-handed. The locals thrashed him before handing him over to the police. Following this, a case was registered against the accused. Testimonies shared by Hindu activists across social media and mainstream media revealed that the accused was originally a resident of Chhatarpur in Bihar. Activists further pointed out that the accused’s mobile number appeared under the name ‘Ranveer’ on the Truecaller application, demonstrating that he had deliberately used a false Hindu identity. However, hotel records later showed that during the check-in, where the victim was sexually exploited, he had registered under his real name, Sahil Malik.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Crimes against women in relationships or other sexual crimes. Within this, the subcategory selected is- Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary category selected is- Name Changed. 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 in this case is- Brainwashed and/or Groomed. Within this, the tertiary category selected is- Rape and sexual assault/harassment. In our database, we have not added incidents where women have converted to another religion of their free will and no allegations of forced/involuntary conversion have been made. However, there are certain cases of conversion where the consent itself is a result of the brainwashing or grooming of a minor by the non-Hindu perpetrator trying to victimise a woman for her Hindu religious identity. The phenomenon of grooming points to non-Hindu perpetrators identifying their Hindu victims’ vulnerabilities and exploiting them over months and sometimes years, to extract the supposed ‘consent’ in order to convert their religion. In most cases of grooming, the victims are minors or the grooming started when the victim was a minor. In other cases of grooming, the non-Hindu perpetrator brainwashes and grooms a minor victim to extract their trust and then proceeds to rape them repeatedly with the intent of converting them to their faith. It is pertinent to understand here that when the victim is a minor, the ‘consent’ to convert or enter into a romantic relationship with an adult itself is redundant – addressed by POCSO. While every case of conversion of a minor and incidents of establishing a physical relationship with a minor by an adult is a crime, for the purpose of this database, a case would be considered a hate crime only if there is a distinct religious angle to the grooming. For example, in the UK, if a Hindu minor is targeted by Pakistani grooming gangs, it would be considered a hate crime because the victims are specifically targeted owing to their non-Muslim religious identity with the perpetrators being Muslim. In other cases, if a Hindu minor is brainwashed into entering a physical relationship with the non-Hindu adult perpetrator and the family alleges grooming/brainwashing of the minor to convert her religion, it would form a part of this database. If the victim is a Hindu adult, the case would form a part of this database only if the victim herself says that she was brainwashed/groomed to convert her religion. However, if the victim is deceased (murdered or otherwise), the case would form a part of this database if her family/friends provided testimony that the victim was brainwashed/groomed to convert her religion. Since these crimes have a distinct religious angle where the victim is being targeted owing to her Hindu religious identity, these cases are considered a hate crime. In this case, it is first important to address that the victim was a minor, which meant that the element of consent and a genuine change of conscience were absent from the outset. Minors, because of their young age and lack of emotional maturity, are especially vulnerable to manipulation and coercion. They may not be capable of fully understanding the implications of engaging in a romantic or sexual relationship, whether with someone of the same or another religion. This vulnerability was deliberately exploited by the Muslim perpetrator, who targeted the Hindu victim on the basis of her religious identity. The case clearly reflected the use of coercion and deceit to sexually exploit a Hindu minor, making it a deliberate act of religious hatred and a clear instance of a religiously motivated crime. The accused’s act of posing as a Hindu man and deceiving a Hindu minor into a relationship displayed calculated intent and religious hostility. He knowingly concealed his Muslim identity, understanding that the victim would have rejected his advances had she known the truth. This deception was a methodical attempt to target a Hindu girl based solely on her faith. By misrepresenting himself, the perpetrator violated the victim’s autonomy and her right to make informed choices about relationships in accordance with her beliefs. His identity concealment mirrored a wider pattern in which Hindu women and minor girls are deliberately singled out through deception and coercion for exploitation. The offender’s conduct exposed deep-rooted animosity towards Hindus and their faith, affirming this as a religiously motivated hate crime directed at the Hindu victim and her community. The subsequent sexual exploitation further reflected the perpetrator’s ingrained hostility towards the victim’s religious identity. Sexual violence in such contexts often serves as a tool of domination and humiliation, not simply as a pursuit of physical desire. The false presentation of a Hindu identity to gain proximity and trust before exploiting the victim revealed that his actions were driven by prejudice rather than personal impulse. This form of deception and sexual exploitation was a targeted attempt to degrade the victim’s dignity and faith, aligning with established indicators of religiously motivated crimes. When the victim realised the truth about the accused’s identity and attempted to end the relationship, he began threatening to kill her, using fear and intimidation to silence and control her. These death threats were not merely acts of coercion but part of a deliberate pattern to continue exploiting her and suppress any resistance. By instilling terror, the perpetrator sought to dehumanise the Hindu girl and strip her of autonomy, turning her into a vulnerable target bound by fear. Since this case fulfils the parameters of a religiously motivated hate crime, it is being documented in the Hinduphobia Tracker’s hate crime database. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on the actual date of occurrence rather than the date of media reporting. However, in this case, as media reports did not specify the exact date when the victim’s ordeal began, the date of 3rd November 2025 has been used as an indicative reference for documentation. This date is recorded solely for archival purposes and does not denote the precise commencement of the crime.