Hindu family forced to convert to Islam, son brutally beaten by Muslims; accused notorious for targeting Hindu girls for sex trafficking and religious conversion
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India 
25 October, 2025
Case Summary
In Jharda, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, a Hindu family was coerced into converting to Islam by four Muslim men named Irfan, Golu, Shadab, and Ballu. The Muslim accused are known for selectively targeting minor Hindu girls, coercing them into religious conversion and forcing them into prostitution. The family was deceived by Irfan, who promised to arrange their son Jai Ram's marriage in exchange for four lakh rupees. After receiving the payment, Irfan successfully arranged the marriage. However, following the marriage, the bride absconded with Irfan's support. When the family demanded their money back, Irfan and his accomplices launched a violent attack on them. During the assault, Jai Ram was seriously injured and admitted to the hospital. Jai Ram's mother stated that Irfan began pressuring them to convert to Islam. Reports also stated that the accused and his accomplices had previously targeted multiple Hindu minor girls, coercing and threatening them into conversion and prostitution. They also exploited these girls to defraud Hindus. In response to the violent attack, the Hindu family reached out to members of the Bajrang Dal, a Hindu organisation, who supported them in filing a police complaint. The Hindu activists also demanded strict action against the accused and compensation for the family, warning of protests if their demands were not met.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Predatory Proselytisation. 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. The other subcategory selected is- Proselytisation by grooming, brainwashing, manipulation or subtle indoctrination. The tertiary categories selected are- Pattern of targeting Hindus and Conversion of minor. 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. Another primary category selected is- Attack not resulting in death. The subcategory selected is- Attacked for opposing radicals or trying to save victim. In several cases, Hindus are attacked for opposing religiously motivated crimes being committed against a fellow Hindu or simply for voicing an opinion opposing radical elements, who either have in the past or continue to persecute Hindus. In such cases, the initial attack against the victim, against which the Hindu was trying to defend the victim, would also need to be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime. Since the initial crime itself was religiously motivated and the subsequent crime of attempting to save the victim or speaking against the radical elements ends up inviting a violent attack, it would also be classified as a religiously motivated hate crime under this category. This case clearly constitutes an anti-Hindu hate crime for multiple unequivocal reasons. The Hindu family was deliberately defrauded by the Muslim accused, who deceitfully promised to arrange their son Jai Ram’s marriage. However, the bride absconded immediately after the wedding, supported by the accused. Furthermore, the family was forcibly coerced into converting to Islam by the Muslim perpetrators. This act of compelled religious conversion is a blatant demonstration of deep-seated religious animosity, specifically targeting this Hindu family and the broader Hindu community. It reveals a calculated intent by the accused to exploit the family’s religious identity, stripping them of their Hindu faith and forcibly replacing it with Islam, clearly marking this as a religiously motivated crime. When Jai Ram and his family demanded the return of their rightful money, the response from the Muslim perpetrators turned brutally violent. This was not an act of random aggression but a premeditated attack rooted in religious animosity — deliberately intended to terrorise the Hindu family and suppress any resistance. The vicious nature of the assault, carried out with clear malice, highlights that it was not merely a dispute over money but a calculated act of religious domination. The sheer brutality inflicted upon the Hindu victims underscores that the perpetrators sought to silence them permanently, marking the crime as one driven by deep-seated religious hatred and intolerance. Importantly, the accused have a documented pattern of selectively targeting Hindu minor girls for conversion and coercing them into prostitution. Since the victims were minors, 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 perpetrators purposely targeted and exploited this vulnerability of the victims. Since this case exemplifies the use of coercion and manipulation to achieve religious conversion, it is a blatant act of religious hate. This systematic targeting underscores a widespread hostile religious animosity against the Hindu community, not limited to this single family, but extending to many victims. This also showcases that the forced conversions are not isolated incidents but part of a recurring pattern. Such acts of forcing Hindu girls to convert to Islam by use of threats make the religiously motivated nature of the crime even more evident. Additionally, targeting Hindu girls for sex trafficking starkly reveals the brutal dehumanisation inflicted by the accused on Hindu women. They reduced these victims to mere objects, exploiting them sexually and financially without any regard for their dignity or fundamental rights. This clearly demonstrates that the victims were dehumanised and exploited solely because of their Hindu identity, making the religious animosity not just apparent but the driving motivation behind these heinous acts. Considering these grave factors, this incident meets all criteria for a religiously motivated hate crime against Hindus. Accordingly, this case has been added to the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The report does not specify the total number of victims within the Hindu family. It primarily highlights the victim’s mother, who recounts being forced to convert, and Jai Ram, who was beaten severely enough to require hospitalisation. Since only these two individuals are identified and the number of minor Hindu girls targeted for conversion and trafficking remains unclear, a conservative estimate of ‘2’ victims—Jai Ram and his mother—is recorded for documentation. The Hinduphobia Tracker records the dates of incidents based on when the crime actually began, rather than when it is reported by the media. However, in this particular case, the exact date of the incident and the onset of the victims' ordeal have not been specifically stated. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we are using an indicative date corresponding to when the case was reported by the media, which is 26th October 2025.
Victim Details
Total Victim
2
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 1
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 2
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 2
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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