Muslim man pretends to be Hindu, wears tilak and kalava to lure a Hindu minor girl into a relationship, sexually exploits and records video which he uses to threaten her

Case ID : a4aed8d | Location : Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Thu, 22 February, 2024

Case ID : a4aed8d

Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India

22 February, 2024

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Wears symbols of Hinduism

Case Summary

A 21-year-old man, Dilshan, was arrested in UP. He pretended to be Deepak Kumar and befriended a minor Hindu girl, forming a physical relationship under the pretense of love. He used Hindu symbols, such as 'kalava' and 'tilak', to identify himself as a Hindu. The girl discovered his true identity and voiced her opposition. The accused then began intimidating and torturing her, leading her to file a complaint with the Trans Yamuna police station. The victim met the perpetrator four years ago and was lured into a romantic relationship. He then engaged in sexual relations with the girl. The girl came to know about the real identity of the boy later.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

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.