Hindu woman deceived by Muslim man posing as Hindu, forced to eat meat and convert; minor son forcibly circumcised
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India 
2 March, 2024
Case Summary
In Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu woman was lured into marriage by a Muslim man named Mohammad Majid, who posed as Ansh Chaudhary. Majid sexually abused her, physically assaulted both her and her children, and forced her to convert to Islam. He also forced her to eat meat and forced her to follow Islamic practices. He also attempted to circumcise her son against her will. The woman, originally from Meerut, was living separately from her husband with her 9-year-old daughter and son. She met Majid through Instagram, where he contacted her under the name Ansh Chaudhary. Using this false identity, Majid manipulated her into a relationship and eventually marriage. After marrying Majid, the woman moved with her children to Muzaffarnagar. On 3rd March 2025, she discovered his true identity. Majid then pressured her into selling her two houses and took control of all her money and jewellery. According to the victim, Majid would undress her minor daughter, and both the woman and her daughter endured physical abuse. The family was held hostage in their home, not allowed to leave. Majid raped the woman and recorded the assault on his mobile phone, later using the footage to blackmail her. He forced the woman and her children to convert to Islam, observe Roza, and eat meat. He also forcibly circumcised her son. On 11th March 2025, the woman managed to contact her relatives through her neighbours and shared her ordeal. Her family encouraged her to seek help from Hindu organisations. With their support, she reached the Nai Mandi police station and lodged a complaint against Majid. The police promptly registered a case and arrested the accused.
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. The other sub-category selected is - Forced conversion after marriage. Within it, the tertiary category selected is - Forced circumcision. In such cases, a non-Hindu man marries a Hindu woman, and the force/pressure to convert to Islam begins after marriage. In such cases, typically, two patterns emerge. First, when the relationship is consensual, and the religious identity of the perpetrator is known to the Hindu woman in the relationship. The marriage could be under the Special Marriages Act, where neither parties are required to convert their religion for the marriage to be considered legitimate. While the victim in such cases enters matrimony assuming that religious identity is not a barrier, the non-Hindu man starts to pressure the woman to convert to Islam after marriage. The second is when the woman gets into a marriage with the man pretending to share her faith. Later, when the truth is revealed, the man starts pressuring the woman to convert her religion and give up her religious identity. In both situations, there is application of force by the perpetrator, including the denial of the woman’s religious rights. Some of the means by which the woman is forced/pressured to convert include force-feeding beef, being forced to read the Kalma, being forced to wear a hijab, forced to undergo Halala, etc. There are several instances where, after marriage, the woman voluntarily converts to Islam. Such cases are often argued to be a result of religious brainwashing, however, for the purpose of documenting religiously motivated hate crimes, in the absence of the victim complaining of forced conversion, such cases do not form a part of the database. The other sub-category selected is - Assault or threat upon refusal to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces threats or assault after she refuses to convert and change her religious identity owing to pressure/force by the non-Hindu man. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts pressurizing the Hindu woman to convert to Islam and upon her refusal, assaults or threatens the victim. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. Cases where the Hindu woman converts to Islam and does not file a complaint about the force or threat, are not considered a part of the hate tracker, even though, it may be argued that the woman was brainwashed or threatened to convert to Islam. The other sub-category selected is - Torture of family to force woman to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman is forced to convert her religion. Several methods are used for such forced conversion. The non-Hindu man is often documented to issue threats and even employ violence. One of the ways used by such perpetrators is threatening and/or torturing the family members of the Hindu woman to pressure her to convert. The perpetrators in such cases issue threats to harm or torture the family of the woman. In some cases, there is also violence directed towards the family to force the Hindu woman to convert. Such crimes aim to blackmail the victim into changing her religion by inducing fear of harm to her family. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. The other sub-category selected is - Blackmailed to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman is blackmailed to convert her religion, owing to her religious identity of being a Hindu. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim, however, there could be cases where the relationship is not consensual and the non-Hindu man starts blackmailing a Hindu woman to convert her religion. In these cases, it is often seen that the Hindu woman is blackmailed with intimate photos and/or videos, threats of harm to her or her family, threats of violence etc. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. 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. After the deception was exposed, the woman was coerced to convert to Islam. This clearly demonstrates that the Muslim perpetrator deliberately deceived the Hindu woman to pursue his underlying objective of religious conversion. Such actions constitute a violation of the Hindu woman's right to practise her faith and an attempt to strip her of her Hindu identity. These acts reflect deep-seated religious animosity and disdain towards Hindus and Hinduism. The woman was also forced to eat meat. For many Hindus, dietary practices—especially abstaining from meat—are deeply rooted in religious beliefs, cultural values, and spiritual discipline. Forcing a Hindu woman to eat meat is not merely a violation of personal choice but a deliberate act of religious disrespect and psychological violence. It targets a sacred aspect of Hindu identity and is intended to degrade or erase that identity. When done as part of a broader pattern of coercion and forced conversion, such acts clearly constitute a religiously motivated hate crime, as they are driven by hostility towards the victim’s faith and aim to forcibly sever their connection to it. Forcing a Hindu woman to observe Islamic practices is a direct assault on her religious freedom and identity. When imposed through coercion, deception, or violence, it reflects hostility toward the Hindu way of life and an intent to erase it. Such acts are not just violations of personal rights—they are religiously motivated hate crimes aimed at suppressing and replacing the victim’s Hindu identity. Even more egregious is the attempted forced circumcision of her minor son, an irreversible religious act that marks not only the physical body but also the religious belonging of the child. This act is especially significant because circumcision in Islam is not a mere medical procedure—it is a symbolic initiation into the faith, a ritual marker of religious identity. Forcibly subjecting a Hindu child to this procedure against the mother’s wishes reflects a conscious and violent attempt to obliterate the child’s Hindu identity and forcibly assimilate him into another religion. This pattern of behaviour reveals that the aim was not simply domestic control or marital discord—it was religious conquest by coercion. The use of deceit, sexual violence, emotional blackmail, and bodily harm all served the single goal of replacing the family’s Hindu identity with an Islamic one. The Hindu faith of the woman and her children was not only not respected—it was intentionally targeted, suppressed, and violated, making this an unmistakable case of religiously motivated hatred and violence. Here, the woman’s refusal to abandon her Hindu identity resulted in her being physically assaulted. This establishes that the violence was directly linked to her religious choice and her resistance to convert. Assault used as a tool of religious enforcement signifies an effort to punish her for remaining Hindu, which makes the act a targeted attack on her religious freedom and identity. The intent and consequence are both religious, qualifying it as a hate crime against Hindus. The woman’s minor daughter was undressed and physically abused. Her son was forcibly circumcised, and all three—mother, daughter, and son—were held hostage and cut off from the outside world. These were not acts of private brutality; they were part of a calculated campaign to terrorise and dismantle the family’s Hindu identity through psychological trauma and physical violation. It reflects a fundamental hostility toward the Hindu identity, where even children—who represent the continuity of that identity—are subjected to violence in order to achieve religious conversion. In doing so, the perpetrator uses the Hindu woman’s love and duty toward her children as a weapon against her, creating unbearable emotional and moral pressure to comply. It is further important to note here that the two victims were minors, which means the element of consent and genuine change of conscience was missing ab initio. Minors, due to their young age and lack of maturity, are particularly vulnerable to manipulation and coercion. They may not have the ability to fully understand the implications of converting to another religion and the Muslim perpetrator purposely targeted and exploited this vulnerability of the victim. Since this case exemplifies the use of coercion and manipulation to achieve religious conversion, it is a blatant act of religious hate, which is why it has been documented here in the hate tracker. Blackmail involving intimate videos, threats of violence, or coercion becomes a religious hate crime when it is specifically aimed at forcing a Hindu woman to renounce her faith. In this case, the man used sexually exploitative content to force conversion, indicating that her religion was a barrier he sought to eliminate through control and fear. The objective was not merely silence or submission, but religious transformation, which is inherently motivated by hostility to her existing faith, making it a clear case of religiously motivated hate.. Hence, the Hindu identity of the woman and her children was not only central to the events but explicitly targeted through deception, violence, coercion, or psychological manipulation. Hence, this case is included in the hate crime database. 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 on 3rd March 2025, the victim discovered his true identity. 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. While media coverage of the incident emerged later, the Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began, not when it was reported.
Victim Details
Total Victim
3
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 1
- Female 2
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 3
Age Group
- Minor 2
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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