Hindu minor blackmailed with morphed images; family subjected to death threats

Case ID : aa4b17d | Location : Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Tue, 6 May, 2025

Case ID : aa4b17d

Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

6 May, 2025

Hindu minor blackmailed with morphed images; family subjected to death threats

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Blackmailed with intimate videos/pics

Case Summary

In Ghaziabad, a 17-year-old Hindu girl attempted suicide due to consistent torture and harassment by a Muslim boy named Anas, who morphed her pictures and was blackmailing her to have physical relations with him. According to the complaint filed by the girl's father, the victim was visibly disturbed and anxious for several days. Despite her family asking for a reason, she initially remained silent. Eventually, she told her brother that a Muslim boy had taken photographs of her without her consent and morphed them using artificial intelligence in a sexually explicit and obscene manner. The accused then used these edited images to blackmail the girl, threatening to upload them to social media if she did not comply with his demands. He was blackmailing her into having physical relations with him and his friend, a Muslim boy named Anas (same name), and stealing money from her house. After narrating her ordeal to her brother, she jumped from the roof of her house. She sustained serious injuries and was admitted to the hospital. The victim's father further stated that the accused youth's father, Kosam, visited the hospital and threatened them, explicitly stating that, "We are Muslims. We will kill you and will not even reveal your address. Your family members cannot do anything to us". The following day, Kosam and Saruna, the accused's mother, visited the victim's house and again threatened them with violence if they pursued legal action. As of the date of writing this report, a case was registered by the police against the accused Anas, Komas, Saruna and another accomplice Anas (son of Irshad). The investigation was currently ongoing, and all four accused were absconding.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

In this case, a minor Hindu girl was targeted by a Muslim man using digitally altered (morphed) images. This case could potentially be a crime motivated by religious profiling of the victim. It is also entirely possible that the crime was one of opportunity, where the children were simply accessible to the perpetrator. However, there is a flip side to the argument - for a Muslim perpetrator, a Muslim girl would be far more accessible than a Hindu girl. The fact that the perpetrator specifically targeted the Hindu girls could point towards the religious profiling of the victim. Nevertheless, this remains speculative, as the case details provide no clear indication of religious motivation. Furthermore, the victim or the victim's family has not made any statements suggesting a religious motive behind the crime. For this reason, the case has been added to the "Undecided" database. If further information emerges that hints at a religiously motivated crime, it will be reclassified and included in the Hate Crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the girl's ordeal began, but it mentions that the victim attempted suicide on 7th May, 2025. Since this is the earliest date mentioned, we are considering this as when the victim's ordeal began and using this as the incident date. While media coverage of the incident emerged on May 12, 2025, the Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began, not when it was reported.