Hindu woman lured into a live-in relationship by a Muslim man posing as Hindu

Case ID : 90a0585 | Location : Surat, Gujarat, India | Date of Incident : Tue, 14 January, 2025
Case ID : 90a0585
location Surat, Gujarat, India
date 14 January, 2025
Hindu woman lured into a live-in relationship by a Muslim man posing as Hindu
Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes
Man pretends to be Hindu
Name Changed

Case Summary

A Muslim youth pretended to be a Hindu to trap a Hindu girl from Mumbai in a love trap with him. The Hindu girl was lured by the Muslim man to come to Surat and stay with him in a live-in relationship. The accused Musibul Sheikh posed as a Hindu man named Pradeep Sujay Kshetrapal. Surat SOG arrested the Muslim man for faking his identity by posing as a Hindu by making fake documents. Surat Police launched a campaign to arrest criminals who lived in Surat under false names. Surat Police received an information that a Muslim youth lived by faking his identity and different teams of Surat SSOG Police interrogated the case and arrested Musibul Sheikh. According to the police, the accused Muslim youth originally hailed from Navdeep Village, Purbasthali Taluka, Bardhaman District, West Bengal. The police recovered two Aadhaar cards, one in the name of Musibul Makbul Sheikh and another in the name of Pradeep Sujay Kshetrapal. The police also recovered a PAN card in his original name. The police recovered an RC book and a mobile phone with two SIM cards. The accused told the police that he had created the fabricated Aadhaar card using mobile applications as he lived in a Hindu area and had assumed the identity of a Hindu man to be in a live-in relationship with a Hindu girl.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the category of- Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The sub-category selected under this is- Man pretends to be Hindu. Further, the tertiary category selected here 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 religious motive of the crime is evident from the fact that the Muslim perpetrator hid his true identity to trap the Hindu victim. This itself is a clear manifestation of bias and malicious intent towards the victim's religion. By concealing his true identity, he exploited her trust, targeting her under false pretences. This indicates a premeditated intent to manipulate her based on her religious background. In cases like these, the tactic of adopting a false Hindu identity to manipulate and "ensnare" a Hindu individual is not just an act of personal betrayal but can also be interpreted as an expression of disdain or disregard for Hinduism and its customs that reflects a deeper animosity towards Hindus and their beliefs, and this is why this case has been added here.

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 0
  • Senior Citizen 0
  • Unknown 1
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Case Status


Arrested

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Perpetrators Details

Perpetrators


Muslim Extremists

Perpetrators Range


One Person

Perpetrators Gender


male

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