Minor Dalit Hindu girl sexually abused, threatened with forced conversion, and her father subjected to casteist slurs by Muslim man
Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, India 
7 September, 2023
Case Summary
In Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh, a 17‑year‑old Dalit Hindu girl was sexually abused by a Muslim man named Aasib. The accused also threatened the girl that he would forcibly abduct her and convert her to Islam. The victim's father was also subjected to death threats and caste-based slurs by Aasib. According to media reports, the incident took place in the Mangalpur police station area of Kanpur Dehat. The victim’s father stated in his police complaint that Aasib, a youth from the same village, had been sexually abusing his daughter for the past two years. The victim had recently disclosed this to her mother. The accused used to threaten her that he would take her away by force and make her convert to Islam. When the victim’s father confronted the accused, he was threatened with death. The accused also used caste‑based abuses and boasted that he had a gang of 26 people to back him. He warned that if a case was filed, the family would face dire consequences. Based on the victim's father's complaint, a case was registered against Aasib at the Mangalpur police station. Police station in‑charge Dhirendra Singh confirmed that legal action was being taken in the matter.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Predatory Proselytisation. Within this, the subcategory selected is- Proselytisation by grooming, brainwashing, manipulation or subtle indoctrination. The tertiary categories selected are- Rape and sexual assault/harassment, Conversion of minor, and Family claims grooming. 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. The other 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. Another primary category selected in this case is- Hate Speech against Hindus. The subcategory selected is- Anti-Hindu slurs, mocking faith. Anti-Hindu slurs and the deliberate mocking of the Hindu faith owing to religious animosity involve the usage of derogatory terms, stereotypes, or offensive references to religious practices, symbols, or figures. One of the common anti-Hindu slurs used against Hindus is “cow-worshipper” and “cow piss drinker”. The intention of using this term is to demean and mock Hindus as a group and their religious beliefs since Hindus consider the cow holy. Additionally, some symbols and the slurs attached to them have a historical context that exacerbates the insult, hate, stereotyping, dehumanisation and oppression against Hindus. Cow worship has been used for centuries to denigrate Hindus, insult their faith and oppress Hindus specifically as a religious group. There has been overwhelming documentation about how cow slaughter has been used to persecute Hindus with cow meat being thrown in temples and places of worship. There has also been overwhelming documentation where cow meat (beef) has been force-fed to Hindus to either forcefully convert them to Islam or denigrate their faith. Apart from cow worship, the Swastika – which holds deep religious significance for the Hindus – has also been misinterpreted and distorted to use as a slur against Hindus. Similarly, the worship of the Shivling has been used by supremacist ideologies and religions to denigrate Hindus owing to religious animosity. Such slurs and denigration stem out of inherent animosity and hate towards Hindus and their faith, therefore, it is categorised as hate speech targeted at Hindus specifically owing to their religious identity. It is important to recognise that the victim in this case was a 17‑year‑old Dalit Hindu girl. As a minor, she was vulnerable, impressionable, and unable to fully comprehend the long‑term consequences of the grooming and coercion she was subjected to by the Muslim perpetrator. The accused, a youth named Aasib, deliberately exploited her vulnerability and sexually abused her over a period of at least two years. His abuse was not driven by mere gratification but was rooted in hatred and animosity towards her because she was a Hindu. Her faith was the central reason she was targeted, making this a crime explicitly motivated by religious hostility. Throughout the prolonged period of exploitation, Aasib repeatedly threatened to abduct the girl and forcibly convert her to Islam. Such threats went far beyond intimidation; they highlighted a clear intention to demolish her sense of self and religious identity. Conversion in this case was not a question of personal belief but a coerced attempt to tear a Hindu child away from her faith and impose Islam upon her. This is a blatant example of a religiously motivated hate crime, revealing the perpetrator’s determination to erase the victim’s Hindu identity and strip away her autonomy through subjugation. When her father gathered the courage to confront the accused, the aggression escalated further. The accused threatened to kill the family, hurled caste‑based insults, and boasted of having a gang of 26 men ready to intimidate them. While casteist slurs were hurled, their intention was not to highlight intra‑Hindu divides, but to degrade the family as Hindus in totality. In the context of hostility rooted in Abrahamic traditions, micro‑identities such as caste, region, or language are secondary; it is the broader Hindu identity that drives the animosity. Thus, insults framed in caste language in this instance functioned as anti‑Hindu hate speech, aimed at humiliating the victim for her religion rather than her caste subset. Taken together—the prolonged sexual abuse of a Hindu minor girl, the recurring threats of forced conversion, the intimidation of her family with both death threats and abuse, and the clear confrontation framed in religious hostility—this case stands as a hate crime fuelled by Hinduphobia. It was not only an assault on the victim’s body but an attack on her very faith and identity. For this reason, the case is being entered into the Hinduphobia hate crime database. Disclaimer: Media reports did not provide the exact date when the victim’s ordeal began; they only confirmed that she had been sexually abused for the last two years. The case was reported in the media on 8th September 2025. For documentation purposes, 8th September 2023 has been chosen as the indicative date marking the beginning of her ordeal. The Hinduphobia Tracker records dates based on when the victim’s suffering began, rather than solely on when it was later reported by the media.
Victim Details
Total Victim
2
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 1
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 2
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 1
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Complaint registered
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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