Hindu girl harassed and threatened for marriage by Muslim Man posing as Hindu

Case ID : aa4b098 | Location : Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 5 May, 2025

Case ID : aa4b098

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

5 May, 2025

Hindu girl harassed and threatened for marriage by Muslim Man posing as Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Attack not resulting in death

Attacked for opposing radicals or trying to save victim

Case Summary

In Indore's Dwarkapuri area, a Hindu girl was deceived and harassed for marriage by a Muslim man named Kamran, who pretended to be a Hindu. Mohammad Kamran had posed as a Hindu boy named “Karan” to befriend a Hindu girl and built a relationship with her under false pretences. Once the girl discovered his true identity, she cut all contact with him. However, Kamran began stalking her and started pressuring her to marry him. When her family became aware of the situation and intervened, the accused reacted aggressively, issuing violent threats to kill the girl’s brother and warning that he would murder the entire family if they tried to prevent him from contacting her. The victim's family then filed a formal complaint at the local police station, citing persistent harassment and threats. As of the date of writing this report, the police had registered a case and stated that the matter was under investigation.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of: - Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Within it, the sub-category selected is: - Man pretends to be Hindu, with the tertiary category being: - 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 other primary category relevant here is: - Attack not resulting in death. Within it, the sub-category 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 has been added to the tracker because Kamran, a Muslim man, deliberately hid his real identity and pretended to be a Hindu to win over a Hindu girl and marry her. This wasn’t a casual lie—it was a calculated move meant to gain the girl’s trust by blending into her religious and cultural background. Unfortunately, this kind of deception isn’t new. There have been several instances where Muslim men have used fake Hindu names to lure Hindu women, pointing to a disturbing and repeated pattern. Often, these cases don’t stop at just lying about identity. They can lead to far more serious consequences—forced marriages, pressure to convert, and in some cases, even trafficking. In Islam, conversion is a prerequisite for marriage between a Muslim and a non-Muslim woman. Therefore, even if the conversion is not explicitly stated at the outset, the eventual goal of religious conversion becomes embedded in the deception. This adds another layer of religious motivation to the crime, as the deceit is not merely about securing affection but about entrapment with an intent to alter the victim’s religious identity. The manipulation of identity in such cases is not just a personal betrayal—it reflects a deeper religious animosity, particularly against Hindus, where deceit, coercion, and intimidation are used to undermine the victim's religious freedom and autonomy. What’s also alarming in this case is that when the girl resisted and her family tried to step in, Kamran didn’t back off. Instead, he became aggressive and issued violent threats, even saying he’d kill her family. That kind of reaction shows this wasn’t just about one relationship but was about control, intimidation, and silencing any resistance. Taken together, all of this strongly points to a hate-driven crime, motivated by religious hostility, and for these reasons, this incident has been documented in the Hinduphobia Tracker.