Minor Hindu girl trapped in a relationship, abducted and raped after Muslim boy hides his identity
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 
17 November, 2024
Case Summary
Uttar Pradesh Police arrested one Amir on November 26, for trapping a 13-year-old minor girl from Lucknow into a ‘love affair’, abducting and raping her. As per the complaint filed by the family of the victim, the accused hid his original identity from the girl and kept watch on her while on her way to school. He then trapped the girl in a ‘love affair’ and forced her to be with him. The accused person abducted the minor studying in the class 8. On refusal, the girl faced severe threats from him. He took her to Varanasi where he kept her in a hotel room. The accused raped the girl before dropping her back to Lucknow. The accused then took the girl to Surat, Gujarat. By this time, the police began an investigation based on the complaint filed by the family of the girl and traced the location of the accused. The accused had made a plan to return to Lucknow. However, he was nabbed by the police as he planned to drop the girl and flee from the spot. ADCP Manish Singh stated that the accused used to work with his father and help him deliver cooking gas cylinders. “He used to deliver cylinders. This is how he came across the minor. He then began following her and forcing her to be with him. He has been arrested. Further probe in the case is underway,” he said.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added under the prime category of- Crimes against women in relationships and sexual crimes. Under this, the sub-category selected is- Man pretends to be Hindu. Further, within this, the tertiary category selected 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. The second sub-category selected is- Brainwashed and/or groomed. Under this, the tertiary category selected is- Rape and sexual assault/harassment. In several cases, a Hindu woman and/or minor is sexually harassed and/or assaulted with a religious motive. For example, in a case in Kausambi, UP, a Hindu girl was raped by non-Hindu perpetrators. During the assault, the victim pleaded to 'spare her in the name of Bhagwan'. The perpetrators then asked her to plead in the name of Allah. This clearly indicates a religious motive for the crime and evidences the religious animosity the perpetrators harboured against the victim owing to her religious identity. Such cases would be added to this tertiary category since the religious animosity makes the crime a hate crime. Here, the Muslim perpetrator hid his religious identity to lure the victim, who was a minor in this case. This deceptive and manipulative behaviour, which involved concealing his true religious identity, is a clear case of religious hate. By posing as someone who shares her faith, he manipulated her trust and violated her ability to make informed decisions about her relationships. This deception is not just a personal betrayal but a targeted attack on her religious identity, as the girl's trust was built on the belief that she was interacting with someone from her own religious community. The Hindu minor fell for this deceit and entered into a romantic relationship with the Muslim man. Taking advantage of this trust the Muslim perpetrator lured the minor victim and then abducted her and raped her. It may be noted here that since the Hindu victim was a minor, the element of consent and genuine change of conscience was missing ab initio. Minors, due to their young age and lack of maturity, are particularly vulnerable to manipulation and coercion. They may not have the ability to fully understand the implications of converting to another religion and the Muslim perpetrator purposely targeted and exploited this vulnerability of the victim. Since the religious motive of the crime is evident from the facts of the case it has been documented in the tracker.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 1
Age Group
- Minor 1
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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