Hindu woman lured into relationship, raped under pretext of marriage by Muslim man posing as Hindu in Uttar Pradesh

Case ID : 8da175a | Location : Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 6 November, 2023

Case ID : 8da175a

Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

6 November, 2023

Hindu woman lured into relationship, raped under pretext of marriage by Muslim man posing as Hindu in Uttar Pradesh

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Brainwashed and/or groomed

Rape and sexual assault/harassment

Case Summary

In the Shastri Nagar area of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu woman was raped under the pretext of marriage by a Muslim man. The accused had first lured the victim into a relationship by pretending to be a Hindu man. According to reports, the victim stated that the accused is a leader from Siwalkhas. She met him two years ago (2023) at a medical college. During that time, he promised to marry her and offer her a job. Eventually, he trapped her in a romantic relationship, following which she was sexually exploited by the accused. Following this, the accused also lured her to his office under the pretext of securing her a job at a school in Jani. There, she was forcibly given a spiked cold drink and samosas. After eating, she lost consciousness, and the accused raped her. Traumatised by this, the woman reached out to the Daurala Police Station and demanded the arrest of the accused. Authorities ordered the Women's Police Station to investigate and take action. The Hindu victim also sent a letter to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, seeking justice.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Crime against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Within this, the subcategory selected is- 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. 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. This case is a blatant example of an anti-Hindu hate crime targeting a Hindu woman through deliberate religious deception and manipulation. The accused intentionally misrepresented himself by pretending to be Hindu in order to lure the victim—a Hindu woman—into a relationship. This deception was not incidental but a calculated act rooted firmly in religious animosity. The accused was fully aware that revealing his true Muslim identity would most likely result in rejection due to the victim’s Hindu beliefs. To circumvent this, he concealed his faith, deliberately exploiting the victim's trust and deeply held cultural and religious values. This manipulation highlights systemic religious bias, as it specifically targeted the victim’s religious identity and beliefs. Posing as a Hindu to trap the victim into intimacy reflects a disturbing pattern observed in multiple cases, where Muslim men have targeted Hindu women by adopting false Hindu identities. This modus operandi has been repeatedly employed for sexual exploitation and forced religious conversion, exposing a clear, hateful agenda aimed at undermining Hindu identity and individuality. Therefore, this case is unequivocally a religiously motivated offence, as the victim was lured under false pretences related specifically to her faith and subsequently sexually exploited. The sexual exploitation in this instance was conducted under a veil of deceit and manipulation, extending far beyond mere physical gratification. The victim was targeted not simply because of vulnerability but because of her Hindu identity, which the accused sought to undermine and exploit. He used the pretext of securing her employment to gain her trust, demonstrating calculated and predatory behaviour driven by religious animus. This premeditated exploitation, where the victim’s religious identity was weaponised against her, represents a grievous violation of her dignity and safety, amounting to a clear manifestation of a religiously motivated hate crime. Such acts inflict profound damage not only on the victim but also send a chilling message to the wider Hindu community about the persistent threat posed by individuals who manipulate faith to perpetrate sexual violence against Hindu women. These actions stem from deep-seated animosity towards the victim and her religion, thereby affirming this as a religiously motivated crime. Given that this case meets the parameters of a religiously motivated crime against a Hindu woman, it is being included in the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records the date of an incident based on when the crime actually occurred, rather than when it is reported by the media. In this case, the media reported the incident on 7th November 2025. However, media reports do not specify the exact date when the victim's ordeal began; they only state that the victim first met the accused two years prior and that her suffering started then, without providing a specific date. Therefore, for documentation purposes, 7th November 2023 is selected as the indicative date to mark the beginning of her suffering.