Hindu youth tied to pole and brutally assaulted for relationship with Muslim woman
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India 
25 April, 2025
Case Summary
In Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu youth was brutally assaulted by a Muslim mob for meeting his Muslim girlfriend. The youth was lured to the location by the girl's family and local residents, who made the girl call him to a particular spot. Upon arrival, he was tied to an electric pole and mercilessly beaten. The mob used sticks and rods to thrash him, causing severe injuries, including a head wound that left him unconscious and covered in blood. A video of the incident surfaced on social media. In the video, the injured youth could be seen tied to a pole with ropes. Several men continuously assaulted him with sticks while onlookers stood by. The footage caused widespread outrage and brought attention to the barbaric nature of the attack, which appeared to be a punishment meted out for his relationship with a Muslim woman. According to the police, three Hindu youths from Jhansi had been living in the village for the past five years, earning their livelihood by selling snacks. One of them was in a relationship with a local Muslim girl. When he visited her two days ago, the mob assaulted him. Following the circulation of the video, the police took three individuals into custody. However, the victim and his friends, fearing for their safety, fled the village.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case is categorised under the primary category- Men attacked for being associated with non-Hindu women. Under that, the relevant sub-category is- Attacked by non-Hindu partner or/and her family. When Hindu men are in a relationship with non-Hindu women, there are cases where the man is forced to convert his religion and upon his refusal to do so, the partner or/and her family attacks the victim. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu woman known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu woman or her family starts forcing/pressurizing the Hindu man to convert. In some of these cases, the association could be non-consensual as well or, the religious identity of the non-Hindu woman could be previously unknown to the Hindu victim. In such cases, the Hindu man is first forced/pressurized to change his religion by the non-Hindu woman or her family. The force/pressure could involve threats. The trigger for directing violence against the Hindu man is in these cases his refusal to comply and change his religion under threat and/or force. The first component which makes it worthy of being documented as a religiously motivated hate crime is that the family of the Muslim woman brutally assaulted her Hindu partner for being in a relationship with her. In this case, the relationship was consensual, and the man and woman were with each other, knowing each other’s religious identity fully well. However, in the Islamic faith, a marriage is deemed illegitimate if the non-Muslim partner does not convert to Islam. For those who practice the faith, when their daughter marries a Hindu man without the man converting to Islam, the difference in religions followed becomes the main point of disapproval for the family of the Muslim woman. Because of the ingrained element of religious supremacy in Islam, the perpetrator's family believes that such interfaith relationships diminish the family’s ‘honour’. In this case, also, the inherent animosity for the Hindu religion prompted the family of the Muslim girl to brutally assault the Hindu man, making this case worthy of being documented in the tracker.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 1
- Female 0
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 1
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Case sub-judice
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
Unknown
Perpetrators Gender
male
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