Hindu woman targeted through identity deception; exploited, blackmailed, forced for conversion and nikah in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh

Case ID : a6caca4 | Location : Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 22 December, 2025

Case ID : a6caca4

Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India

22 December, 2025

Hindu woman targeted through identity deception; exploited, blackmailed, forced for conversion and nikah in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Forced conversion before marriage

Forced to do Nikah

Blackmailed to convert

Case Summary

A Dalit Hindu woman from Fatehpur filed a police complaint alleging prolonged sexual exploitation, blackmail, deception, and coercive pressure for religious conversion by a railway employee who concealed his religious identity and posed as a Hindu, named Vishal, to trap her. The accused was later identified as a Muslim, named Adnan, a resident of Atarsuiya, Prayagraj. According to the complaint, the woman first met the accused around five years ago at a railway station while she was waiting with her mother to travel to Pune. The accused was working as a railway ticket booking clerk at the time. He introduced himself as Vishal, claimed to be Hindu, took her phone number under the pretext of offering assistance, and began contacting her regularly through phone calls and WhatsApp messages. The complainant stated that the accused proposed marriage and said he would speak to his family. Over time, he persuaded her to meet him on multiple occasions. During one such meeting, he took her to a hotel in Bakarganj, where he allegedly served her food laced with an intoxicating substance. After she lost consciousness, he allegedly sexually assaulted her and recorded obscene videos without her consent. The woman further alleged that when she regained consciousness, the accused showed her the recorded videos and threatened to make them public if she informed her family or approached the police. Out of fear and social pressure, she did not disclose the incident to her family. The complaint stated that the accused continued to sexually exploit her over several years, repeatedly using the recorded material to blackmail and silence her. At a later stage, the accused disclosed that he was not Hindu but Muslim and began pressuring the woman to convert her religion and marry him. He allegedly continued to present himself as Vishal while approaching the woman’s elder brother to discuss marriage and also contacted distant relatives under the same assumed identity. The complainant stated that this pressure for religious conversion caused her sustained mental distress. The complaint further noted that during discussions related to marriage, the accused claimed that his parents were deceased and introduced a woman and another individual as his sister and an acquaintance. Throughout this period, the woman reported being subjected to continuous psychological pressure and intimidation. When she considered approaching the police, the accused issued further threats. After enduring prolonged exploitation and mental harassment, the woman approached the police and lodged an FIR. Based on her complaint, police registered a case under Sections 69, 123, 352, 351(2), and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita against Adnan Asif Ansari, Raghir Singh, and Nisha Raut. Police confirmed that the accused Adnan Asif Ansari is currently posted in Prayagraj. Police officials stated that the accused was arrested and produced before the court, from where he was sent to judicial custody. At the time of documenting the incident, investigations were ongoing, and efforts were underway to trace other accused persons named in the case. Authorities were examining digital evidence, financial records, and communication data to ascertain the full extent of the offences.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the selected primary category: Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Under this, the first selected secondary category is: Man pretends to be Hindu. Under this, the selected tertiary category 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. Another selected secondary category is: Blackmailed to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman is blackmailed to convert her religion, owing to her religious identity of being a Hindu. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim, however, there could be cases where the relationship is not consensual and the non-Hindu man starts blackmailing a Hindu woman to convert her religion. In these cases, it is often seen that the Hindu woman is blackmailed with intimate photos and/or videos, threats of harm to her or her family, threats of violence etc. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. Another selected secondary category is: Forced conversion before marriage. In such cases, a non-Hindu man is in a relationship with a Hindu woman when the pressure to convert her religion begins to manifest. In such cases, typically, two patterns emerge. First, when the relationship is consensual, and the religious identity of the perpetrator is known to the Hindu woman in the relationship, however, at some point during the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts to force the victim to convert her religion and give up her Hindu religious identity. The second is when the woman gets into a marriage with the man pretending to share her faith. Later, when the truth is revealed, the man starts pressuring the woman to convert her religion and give up her religious identity. In both the situations, the methods used to force the victim to convert her religion often revolve around force-feeding beef, forcing her to wear hijab, forcing her to read the Kalma or even pressurizing the victim to do ‘Nikah’, which is marriage under Islamic law, with a prerequisite being conversion to Islam. Cases where a Hindu woman consensually converts to Islam in a relationship will be left out of the hate crime database, even though it could be argued in several cases that the conversion was a result of religious brainwashing. This case can be considered a religiously motivated hate crime because each aspect of the crime reflects deliberate targeting of the victim’s religious identity and exploitation based on faith. Firstly, Adnan Asif Ansari deliberately concealed his real identity and posed as a Hindu man named “Vishal.” He also introduced two accomplices as his Hindu siblings to create a fabricated family narrative. This was not a random lie; it was a calculated attempt to gain the trust of a Hindu woman by exploiting her religious background. Targeting someone specifically because of their religion and using that trust to commit crimes demonstrates a bias-driven intent, which is a key element of a religiously motivated hate crime. Secondly, the victim was a Hindu Dalit woman, a member of a socially vulnerable community. Her social and religious identity made her particularly susceptible to emotional manipulation and coercion. The accused selected her deliberately, indicating that the crime was motivated by her Hindu identity and social position rather than being an arbitrary act. The choice of victim reflects bias based on religion and caste, highlighting targeted victimisation. Thirdly, sexual exploitation was used as a tool to assert control and pressure the victim into abandoning her religion. Her drink was laced with intoxicants, and she was assaulted while unconscious. Obscene photographs and videos were recorded and later used to threaten her, creating fear and enforcing compliance. The sexual assault, combined with threats, was aimed at coercing her into religious conversion and marriage, showing that the crime was not only about personal gratification but also about targeting her religious identity. Fourthly, the accused extended his deception and manipulation to the victim’s family. He contacted her elder brother with false information about marriage and used fabricated relatives to reinforce his narrative. This step ensured that the family was misled, making it easier to pressure the victim. The inclusion of family manipulation shows that the crime’s motivation was broader than individual gain; it was aimed at undermining the victim’s religious autonomy and exploiting her faith-based trust networks. The ultimate aim of the crime was religious conversion and forced marriage. By systematically creating fear, blackmailing the victim, and threatening her with exposure, the accused attempted to compel her to abandon her Hindu faith. The sustained pressure to change religion was central to the crime, rather than incidental, which distinguishes it from general acts of fraud, assault, or coercion. Lastly, the social implications highlight the hate-driven motive. Crimes of this nature create fear among Hindu women and communities, particularly among socially vulnerable groups, and undermine their religious freedom and personal security. The deliberate targeting based on religion, coupled with coercion and manipulation, reflects a broader intent to exploit and intimidate members of a particular religious group. In conclusion, each element of the case, i.e., the identity deception, targeted selection of a Hindu Dalit woman, sexual exploitation, manipulation of her family, and coercion to convert, demonstrates that the actions were motivated by religious bias. It is thus added to the tracker.