Hindu girl lured into a relationship by Muslim man feigning to be Hindu, raped and threatened with death for refusing nikah
Vadodara, Gujarat, India 
12 September, 2025
Case Summary
In Vadodara, Gujarat, a Hindu girl was deceived, sexually exploited and impregnated by a Muslim man named Iqbal Parmar, who assumed a Hindu identity to trap the victim. According to the police complaint, the accused deceived the girl into a relationship by introducing himself as a Hindu man named Pratik Patel. He repeatedly raped the girl under the false pretext of marriage, which resulted in her becoming pregnant three times. He also took the girl to Ajmer, Rajasthan, to sexually exploit her further. When the victim discovered the accused's real identity and that he was a Muslim, she ended the relationship and refused any further contact. Enraged by this, Iqbal threatened her, warning that if she did not marry him, he would not allow her to marry anyone else. He also gave her death threats, saying, "Wherever I find you, I will kill you." Intimidated and harassed, the victim finally gathered the courage and approached the police to file a complaint. Acting on her statement, the police arrested Iqbal and initiated an investigation to ascertain if he had similarly trapped other Hindu girls.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The primary category in this case is: Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The first subcategory under this is: Man pretends to be Hindu. The tertiary category under this 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 second sub-category selected here is - Brainwashed and/or groomed, with the tertiary category being - Rape and sexual assault/harassment. 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. This case has been added to the tracker because a Hindu girl was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man who pretended to be Hindu. The accused deliberately concealed his religious identity to initiate and sustain a relationship with a Hindu girl. This itself is a clear manifestation of bias and malicious intent towards the victim’s faith. By concealing his true identity, he exploited her trust, targeting her under false pretences. He impregnated her three times, which clearly shows that his objective was not marriage, but the sexual exploitation of a Hindu girl. 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, reflecting a deeper animosity towards Hindus and their beliefs. In Islamic theology and social practice, Hindu women are often viewed with disdain, treated as objects without dignity, and considered legitimate targets for exploitation. When the victim refused further contact, the accused issued death threats as an effort to make her comply with his demands. This reflects a deep-seated animosity towards Hindus and their faith, turning the girl into a vehicle through which Hindu identity itself was insulted and humiliated. It makes clear that the crime was not merely a matter of personal betrayal, but a targeted act rooted in religious hostility. This case is on the lines of a wider pattern where Hindu women and girls are deliberately targeted by non-Hindu men by hiding their real identity. This is not just a matter of personal betrayal but a clear attempt to take advantage of the victim’s faith and community. Such actions are rooted in religious animosity towards the victim's professed faith, that is, Hinduism. It creates fear and mistrust among Hindus and makes the crime communal in nature. By using religion as a tool for deception, such an act causes harm not only to the victim but also to the larger Hindu community, thus making it a religiously motivated hate crime. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when the victim’s ordeal began. However, in this case, the report does not provide specific details regarding when the accused trapped the victim. Therefore, for documentation purposes, the date of the incident has been recorded as the date it was reported in the media - September 13, 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 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 1
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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