Hindu woman lured by Muslim man pretending to be Hindu, brainwashed into converting to Islam, missing for six years; accused linked to Peer Chhangur’s Islamic conversion gang
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India 
23 November, 2019
Case Summary
In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu woman was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man. The accused pretended to be Hindu and had manipulated and brainwashed her into converting to Islam. The victim had been missing since 2019. The accused was also linked to the Islamic cleric Peer Chhangur, also known as Jalaluddin, who was recently arrested by the Uttar Pradesh ATS for operating a large-scale Islamic conversion racket. This network has now been exposed as part of a broader Islamisation project with funding over ₹100 crores from multiple Islamic countries, also having links with Pakistan's ISI. According to media reports, the Muslim accused was identified as Badar Akhtar Siddiqui. The Hindu victim was studying for a course in tourism and travel in 2019. During this time, she met the accused, who was then posing as a Hindu. The accused was a disciple of Chhangur. He gained her trust by taking her out in cars and using other pretexts to lure her into his trap. On several occasions, he took her to Delhi, where he gradually exerted control over her mind. As per the victim's family, she was further indoctrinated and brainwashed through 'Islamic occult practices'. The victim’s family stated that their daughter was made to disappear by Badar on 24th November 2019 under the pretext of sending her to Dubai. The last time she was seen, Badar Akhtar Siddiqui took her away in a Skoda car with curtains on the windows, which also contained three unidentified men. The family of the victim also stated that Badar Akhtar Siddiqui used various Hindu names to trap several Hindu girls into relationships to carry out ‘love jihad’. Even the UP ATS investigation had confirmed that Badar Siddiqui often used Hindu names such as Aarav, Sam, and Sameer Arora to entrap Hindu girls. The victim’s sister said her sister’s behaviour had changed completely. She stopped performing Hindu religious rituals and prayers, became irritated by mentions of God, and cut off contact with their parents. She began speaking about Islam and mentioned only Badar Akhtar’s name, as she was under his influence. The family stated that she was mentally broken and severely brainwashed to convert to Islam. The victim’s family also stated that Chhangur and Badar Akhtar Siddiqui jointly orchestrated this conspiracy. They have been searching for their daughter since 2019, but have not succeeded so far. Police investigations also exposed the conversion racket of Chhangur, where he and his accomplices forcibly converted Hindus to Islam by use of deceit, force, coercion, manipulation, and threats. In Muslim cleric Peer Chhangur's case, the ATS (Anti-terrorism Squad) registered a case against 10 people, including Chhangur and arrested him along with his wife on 5th July 2025. The ATS confirmed that the Muslim accused received foreign funding of Rs 100 crore to carry out illegal conversions of Hindus and other non-Muslims in India. Even his family was involved in the conversions of Hindus to Islam. Jalaludin alias Chhangur had links with Pakistan’s ISI. He also used a Christian missionary network for carrying out forced religious conversions. Jalaluddin had connections with Christian missionary networks active in seven districts of Uttar Pradesh along the India-Nepal border. He used to pay members of these missionary networks in exchange for information about poor and vulnerable families that he could target for conversion. After getting the details of his targets, Jalaluddin used to approach them with lucrative offers and promises of a better life after conversion. His gang particularly targeted vulnerable Hindu women, whom he referred to as “project” in his code language. He used to give money to Muslim men to lure or coerce Hindu women to Islam. The prices were fixed based on the caste of the Hindu women. Though according to the evidence found so far, Chhangur has converted more than 1500 people, the Hinduphobia Tracker has documented four cases where Chhangur was involved. He used coercion to convert Hindu individuals to Islam. In the first case, Chhangur encouraged a Muslim man named Meraj to lure a Hindu woman named Aarti by posing as a Hindu. Afterwards, Chhangur, along with Meraj, forcibly converted her to Islam and conducted her Nikah according to Islamic customs. Another case involved a Hindu man named Harjeet, who was forcibly converted to Islam by Chhangur. The accused had offered Harjeet incentives and subjected him to harassment and had filed false cases against him in an attempt to persuade him to convert to Islam. Similarly, in another case, in Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu man named Sanchit and his wife were lured to convert to Islam with incentives by a Muslim Peer named Peer Chhangur. Both victims were also subjected to death threats and were harassed with false cases for refusing to convert. Another such instance was reported in Faridabad, Haryana, where a minor Hindu girl was brainwashed and forcibly converted to Islam by her Muslim neighbours who were part of a Muslim gang run by the Muslim peer Chhangur. After her conversion, her Hindu identity was erased, she was given a Muslim name, compelled to wear a burqa, forced to perform Islamic rituals, and fed meat against her beliefs. She was horrifically exploited sexually, blackmailed using obscene videos, and pushed into prostitution.
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. 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 is- Brainwashed and/or Groomed. Within this, the tertiary category selected is- Pattern of targeting Hindu women. 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. The other Primary category selected is- Predatory Proselytisation. Within this, the subcategory selected is- Harassment, threats, coercion for conversion. Harassment covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person, including threats and coercion. Harassment and threats, in this case, find their root on discriminatory grounds which has the effect of nullifying a person’s rights or infringing upon his freedom to exercise his right specifically owing to the victim’s religious identity. Verbal and physical threats and psychological or physical harassment are often used against Hindu victims because they choose to practice their professed religion. Religious harassment also includes forced and involuntary conversions by harassment, threats or coercion. Coercion includes intimidatory tactics like force-feeding a Hindu victim beef to convert to another religion, forceful circumcision etc. In several cases documented, non-Hindu perpetrators or those who harbour specific animosity towards Hinduism, harass victims simply based on their religious identity. Such cases often also include harassment to ensure the Hindu victim abandons his/her professed religion and adopts the religion of the perpetrator. Such cases where Hindu victims are harassed to convert to the perpetrator’s religion are rooted in animosity towards the victim’s religious identity and are therefore documented as religiously motivated hate crimes. This case clearly demonstrates a hate crime targeting a Hindu girl through deliberate deception, coercion, and religious brainwashing. The accused, Badar Akhtar Siddiqui, specifically targeted the victim by posing as a Hindu. By doing this, he gained her trust under false pretences. By assuming a Hindu identity, he approached her without raising suspicion, making it easier to manipulate her emotionally and psychologically. This act reveals clear bias and malicious intent towards her religion. By concealing his true background, he deceived her, indicating a premeditated plan to manipulate her based on her religious identity. Adopting a false Hindu identity to entrap a Hindu individual is not only a profound personal betrayal but also an expression of disdain for Hinduism and its adherents. This behaviour reflects a deeper religious animosity towards the Hindu community. Under the pretext of sending her to Dubai, Siddiqui began to control the girl’s movements, taking her on multiple trips, including to Delhi, with promises of a better future. During this time, he subjected her to brainwashing through Islamic occult practices. He further systematically influences her thoughts and beliefs. The victim’s behaviour changed drastically: she ceased performing Hindu rituals and prayers, became estranged from her family, and adopted the Islamic beliefs imposed by Siddiqui. This demonstrates severe manipulation aimed at stripping the Hindu victim of her faith. Such acts of brainwashing and coercion stem from deep-seated hostility towards the victim and her religion, marking it as a religiously motivated crime. Significantly, the girl went missing in November 2019. After her disappearance, her family stated that Siddiqui took her away in a car with curtains on the windows, preventing anyone from identifying their destination. This disappearance underscores the gravity of the offence and the trauma inflicted on the victim and her family. The prolonged disappearance following intense religious brainwashing aimed at converting to Islam highlights the extent of harassment the victim and her family endured. Such actions are driven by religious hostility aimed at changing the victim's faith and enforcing Islam on her. Moreover, reports indicate that Siddiqui had targeted several Hindu girls by masquerading as a Hindu and pressuring them to convert. This repeated pattern of assuming Hindu identities, coupled with forced conversions and enforced disappearances, reveals an organised and targeted hate campaign. It is not an isolated incident but part of a systematic effort aimed at undermining the Hindu community’s faith and identity. These calculated actions further expose the religious motive behind the crime. Importantly, Siddiqui was not acting alone but was part of a wider network led by Chhangur, known for orchestrating forced conversions and manipulating vulnerable people, especially Hindu women, into abandoning their faith. This affiliation demonstrates that the crime was part of a broader, organised effort to target the Hindu community through deceit, manipulation, brainwashing, and coercion, defining it as a hate crime with significant communal and religious implications. It has been proved that Peer Chhangur for running a huge conversion racket and was giving money to Muslim men to lure or coerce Hindu women to Islam. The prices were fixed based on the caste of the Hindu women. This establishes a deliberate and targeted pattern of predatory proselytisation amounting to a hate-driven campaign against Hindus. In summary, this case constitutes a deliberate campaign to convert Hindus to Islam by use of coercion, deceit and brainwashing. Therefore, this case is being added to the hate crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that none of the media sources covering this case have specified the exact date when the victim's ordeal began. The earliest date mentioned is 24th November 2019, when she was taken away by the perpetrator. Since Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began and not when it was reported, we have considered the date of the incident as 24th November 2019, though the media reported the incident on July 16, 2025.
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 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Case sub-judice
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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