Hindu eunuchs in Hodal pressured to convert to Islam by Muslim eunuch; threatened with livelihood loss and extortion
Faridabad, Haryana, India 
11 September, 2019
Case Summary
In Hodal, Faridabad, a group of Hindu eunuchs were pressurised and threatened for religious conversion by a Muslim eunuch named Guddu. Six Hindu eunuchs — Kumkum, Sapna, Somiya, Radhika, Saloni, and Lovely — held a press conference exposing the coercion they were facing. They stated that Guddu, who converted to Islam two months ago, has since been harassing and threatening them to do the same. Those who refused were threatened with the loss of their livelihood and subjected to demands for monthly extortion payments under threats of violence. The group further revealed that one member of their community, Rinki, had already been converted by Guddu. Despite filing a formal complaint with the Hodal police station, no action was taken. The victims demanded protection and expressed deep frustration with the police and local administration for failing to intervene and uphold their right to religious freedom and safety.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of: - Predatory Proselytisation. Within it, the sub-category 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. The other sub-category selected is - Proselytisation by grooming, brainwashing, manipulation or subtle indoctrination. Within it, the tertiary category selected is - Pattern of targeting Hindus. Religious brainwashing essentially means the often subtle and forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up their religious beliefs to accept contrasting regimented ideas. Religious grooming or brainwashing also involves propaganda and manipulation. It involves the systematic effort, driven by religious malice and indoctrination, to persuade “non-believers’ to accept allegiance, command, or doctrine to and of a contrasting faith. Cases of such grooming or brainwashing are far more nuanced than direct threats, coercion, inducement and violence. In such cases, it is often seen that there is repeated, subtle and continual manipulation of the victim to induce disaffection towards their own faith and acceptance of the contrasting faith of the perpetrator. While subtle indoctrination is widely acknowledged as predatory, an element which is often understated in such conversions or the attempts of such conversion is the role of loyalty and trust which might develop between the perpetrator and the victim. Fiduciary relationships are often abused to affect such religious conversion. For example, an educator transmitting religious doctrine of a competing faith to a Hindu student. The Hindu student is likely to accept what the teacher is transmitting owing to existence of the fiduciary relationship. The exploitation of the fiduciary relationship to religiously indoctrinate victims would also be included in this category. Since the underlying animosity towards the victim’s faith forms the basis of predatory proselytization, such cases are considered religiously motivated hate crimes. This case has been added to the tracker because a group of Hindu eunuchs were harassed and pressurised for religious conversion by a Muslim eunuch named Guddu. This demonstrates that the Muslim perpetrator specifically targeted them because of their Hindu identity. The accused took advantage of the victims’ social vulnerability and attempted to coerce them into abandoning their faith. This is not just a violation of religious freedom, but a direct assault on their spiritual and personal autonomy. Forcing someone to change their religion under duress not only undermines their faith but also reveals a deep-seated animosity towards their religious identity. When conversions are carried out through pressure rather than personal choice, it is clear that the perpetrators harbour strong religious hostility towards the victim's faith, in this instance, towards Hinduism. Such actions are rooted in prejudice and intolerance, making this a clear example of a religiously motivated crime. When the victims refused to convert to Islam, the accused threatened to shut down their source of livelihood. Such threats are designed to intimidate and force Hindu victims into compliance. These actions clearly demonstrate that the incidents were not isolated, but rather premeditated and well-calculated efforts to convert Hindus to Islam through coercion. Such actions stem from inherent hostility towards the victim's professed faith since Abrahamic faiths believe that any non-adherent to the faith is subject to being dehumanised till they convert. Since such predatory actions stem from doctrinal animosity towards the Hindu faith and its adherents, this case is being documented as a religiously motivated hate crime. Guddu, having recently converted to Islam, systematically pressured other Hindu eunuchs to abandon their faith by exploiting their shared community ties, threatening their livelihoods, and using fear and extortion to induce conversion. This recurring, calculated effort to isolate, intimidate, and convert Hindus—rather than being a one-off instance—reveals a deeper pattern driven by religious malice and a targeted strategy to undermine the Hindu faith from within socially and economically vulnerable circles. Such sustained grooming and coercive indoctrination rooted in religious hostility constitutes a hate crime, as it is aimed not just at individuals, but at eroding the collective identity and religious freedom of Hindus. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the victim's ordeal began. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date of the press conference as the date of the incident. Disclaimer: It is possible that more individuals have been targeted in this case. However, since only six victims have been publicly named, the current victim count is recorded as six based on available information.
Victim Details
Total Victim
6
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 0
- Third Gender 6
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 6
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 6
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
third
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