Hindu girl lured and taken to Uttarakhand by Muslim man posing as Hindu
Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India 
26 December, 2024
Case Summary
In a village in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu girl was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man named Gulzar Ansari, who posed as Sanjeev. He faked his identity to deceive the girl and later fled with her to Uttarakhand. According to media reports, the Hindu girl was a 12th-grade student. Gulzar arrived in the village posing as Sanjeev and tried to integrate into the local community. He worked as a labourer and regularly visited a local household to buy milk, where he first saw the girl. Posing as Sanjeev, he gradually built a connection with her, frequently lingered around her home and manipulated her into a relationship. One day, he and the girl disappeared. After their disappearance, the girl’s family discovered Gulzar’s true identity. Gulzar Anasrai is a 30-year-old man who was a labourer at a sugarcane crusher in Kushinagar. However, he carefully planned his deception, faking his identity to lure the girl into a relationship. On 27th December 2024, he secretly met her and emotionally manipulated the girl. He convinced her to flee with him to Uttarakhand, where they eloped. The girl’s family reached out to Gulzar’s employer, who provided them with his real name and home address in Uttarakhand. Initially, the family hesitated to approach the police due to fear of societal shame, but they eventually decided to file a police complaint. The family feared for the girl's safety. The police registered a case against Gulzar and launched an investigation. The family received support from BJP and Hindu activist leader Neeraj Singh, who assured them that the case would be escalated to higher authorities and that strict punishment would be given to the accused. He also promised that the girl would be rescued safely. The family, along with the local Hindu community, demanded justice from the authorities. The family also appealed to CM Yogi to rescue their daughter.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The subcategory selected is- Man pretends to be Hindu, with the tertiary category being: - 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. This incident qualifies as a hate crime due to the clear presence of religiously motivated targeting, deception, and abuse. The perpetrator deliberately concealed his religious identity to initiate and sustain a relationship with a Hindu woman. 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. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the woman's ordeal began, but it mentions that the accused lured her away on 27th December, 2024. Since this is the earliest date mentioned, we are considering this as when the victim's ordeal began and using this as the incident date.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 1
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 1
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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