Hindu woman commits suicide after Muslim partner rapes and forces her to convert to Islam

Case Summary
A Hindu woman ended her life after being deceived and exploited by her Muslim partner. The woman’s father lodged a complaint against Faraz Attar from Shahdara, accusing him of luring his 30-year-old daughter into a relationship, raping her, converting her to Islam, and eventually betraying her. Devastated by the harassment and betrayal, the woman reportedly set herself on fire. According to the father, Faraz had targeted his daughter to gain control over her property, valued at approximately Rs 20 crore, which was in her name. He posed as an unmarried man to win her trust and then exploited her emotionally, physically, and financially. Faraz is accused of taking substantial sums of money from her under the pretext of clearing his debts. The father revealed that his daughter’s behaviour changed over time, and she eventually confided in him that Faraz had been using her solely for her wealth while continuing to sexually exploit her. She also endured multiple abortions during the course of their relationship. Faraz reportedly went so far as to arrange for a tutor to teach her Islamic practices and religious texts. The father also suspects that Faraz might have used drugs to manipulate and control his daughter. On December 5th, the woman prepared documents for their marriage, but Faraz postponed the wedding. On December 10th, he set a shocking condition, demanding that her father recognize him as the heir to her property as a prerequisite for marriage. Distraught by this demand, the woman took the drastic step of setting herself on fire at her Chandrapuri residence.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added as a religiously motivated hate crime under one prime category of the tracker as distinct elements of the case demonstrate that the Muslim perpetrator committed the crime while harbouring a bias against the Hindu faith. The first prime category relevant here is- Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Under this, the first sub-category selected is- Forced conversion before marriage. Further based on case details, a tertiary category named- Forced to follow non-Hindu religious practices, has also been chosen here. 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. The relationship in such cases is mostly 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. In such cases, 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. The second sub-category selected within the above-mentioned category is- Suicide for being forced to or pressured to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with a non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces pressure/threats/violence to convert and change her religious identity by the non-Hindu man. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim. Somewhere along the relationship, the non-Hindu man starts pressurizing the Hindu woman to convert. In some of these cases, unable to bear the pressure/threat/violence being mounted by the non-Hindu partner to convert, the Hindu woman commits suicide. In such cases, often, threats are also given to the family members of the Hindu woman. Since such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim, leading to the woman committing suicide, these cases are categorized as a hate crime. Here, a Hindu woman committed suicide after being harassed by her Muslim partner. She was sexually exploited under the false promise of marriage and made to undergo several abortions. She was drugged and pressured to convert to Islam. She was even forced to learn Islamic practices and religious texts by the perpetrator. The Muslim youth's demand for the Hindu girl to convert to Islam and adopt Islamic practices against her will was a coercive attempt to strip her of her religious identity. The violence employed for non-compliance makes it clear that this was not just about a relationship but about enforcing religious conformity through fear. By pushing her towards conversion through physical violence and emotional manipulation, the perpetrator aimed to forcefully erase her religious identity, which is a form of religious persecution, stemming from the deep disdain that the perpetrator held for the victim's faith, Hinduism. Since the central motivation was religion, this case has been added as a hate crime.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
1
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- 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
Complaint registered

Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
both