Hindu women deceived by Muslim man and his family masquerading as Hindus, physically assaulted, forced to convert and do Nikah

Case ID : c72ab20 | Location : Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Thu, 31 December, 2015

Case ID : c72ab20

Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

31 December, 2015

Hindu women deceived by Muslim man and his family masquerading as Hindus, physically assaulted, forced to convert and do Nikah

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Assault or threat upon refusal to convert

Forced conversion before marriage

Forced to wear Hijab

Forced to do Nikah

Case Summary

In Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, a Hindu woman was deceived into a relationship by a Muslim man who posed as a Hindu. The accused married the victim under false pretences. Later, he forced the victim to convert to Islam, wear a burqa, and undergo a nikah (Islamic marriage) with him. When the victim refused, she was physically assaulted. The Hindu woman, a resident of the Mahakal police station area, was lured into a romantic relationship by Qurbaan Shah, who posed as Rohit, to trap her. The victim worked as a cook, while Qurbaan lived next door. In 2016, he proposed to her by concealing his true identity. He then married her under false pretences and persuaded her to move to his home in the Jaisinghpura area, where his family also lived. His family, consisting of his mother, father, and brother, also pretended to be Hindus. During this period, Qurbaan sexually exploited the woman, and she gave birth to a daughter. In 2021, the woman began to feel suspicious when she noticed an increasing number of Muslims visiting Rohit’s house. When she confronted him, he revealed his true identity as Qurbaan Shah. After his real identity was exposed, Qurbaan forced the woman to convert to Islam, wear a burqa, and do a nikah with him. When she refused to comply with his demands, she was subjected to verbal abuse, physical assault, and was thrown out of the house. Distressed by these events, the Hindu woman went to the Mahakal police and filed a complaint against the accused. The police registered a case under sections 296, 115(2), and 351(2) of the BNS, as well as sections 3 and 5 of the Madhya Pradesh Freedom of Religion Act.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been added to the tracker under the category- Crime against Women in relationships and other sexual crimes. The subcategory selected is- Man pretends to be Hindu. 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 other subcategory selected is- Forced conversion before marriage. With this, the subcategory is- Forced to wear Hijab and Forced to do Nikah. 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. In such cases, typically, two patterns emerge. First, when the relationship is 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. The second is when the woman gets into a marriage with the man pretending to share her faith. Later, when the truth is revealed, the man starts pressuring the woman to convert her religion and give up her religious identity. In both the situations, 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 other relevant subcategory selected is- Assault or threat upon refusal to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman faces threats or assault after she refuses to convert and change her religious identity owing to pressure/force 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 to Islam and upon her refusal, assaults or threatens the victim. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. Cases where the Hindu woman converts to Islam and does not file a complaint about the force or threat, are not considered a part of the hate tracker, even though, it may be argued that the woman was brainwashed or threatened to convert to Islam. The victim in this case was a Hindu woman. The Muslim man targeted her specifically because of her religion, as shown by his decision to pretend to be Hindu in order to deceive her. The religious motive became even clearer when he along with his family members posed as Hindus to mislead her into a relationship and marriage with Qurbaan. The Muslim perpetrator then sexually exploited her through deception. This demonstrates clear bias and malicious intent towards the victim’s religion. By concealing his true identity, he exploited her trust and targeted her under false pretences, revealing a premeditated plan to manipulate her based on her religious background. The fact that even his family was involved in deceiving the Hindu woman showcases the amount of hatred Muslim perpetrators hold for Hindu women and Hindu community at large. This showcased a concerted effort to target the victim due to her Hindu religious identity, making the religious motivation behind the crime more evident. The tactic of adopting a false Hindu identity to manipulate and entrap a Hindu individual is not only an act of personal betrayal, but also an expression of disdain and disregard for Hinduism and its customs. This reflects a deeper animosity towards Hindus and their beliefs. The Muslim perpetrator knew that the victim, as a Hindu woman, would have refused his proposal; therefore, he concealed his identity and posed as a Hindu man to deceive her into a relationship and marriage and then exploited her sexually. This demonstrates that the crime was religiously motivated, as the Hindu woman was profiled and targeted because of her faith. The Muslim perpetrator then forced the woman to convert to Islam, wear a burqa, and participate in a nikah (Islamic marriage) with him. This makes the religious motive of the crime even more evident as the Muslim man lured the woman by faking his identity, sexually exploited her, and pursued his underlying agenda of religious conversion and marriage. Forcing her to wear a burqa and undergo a nikah demonstrates an intention to strip the Hindu woman of her Hindu religious identity. All these actions arise from deep-seated animosity towards Hinduism and Hindus. The victim was religiously profiled, deceived, and sexually exploited in an effort to compel her to convert to the perpetrator’s faith. This is a clear example of deception and manipulation to further religious conversion, rooted in profound disdain for the victim and her Hindu faith. The woman was also physically assaulted and expelled from her home by the Muslim perpetrator, making this a clear case of violence used to advance the aim of Islamic conversion. In many such cases, Muslim perpetrators entrap Hindu women in relationships/marriages and force them to convert to Islam; when they refuse, they are subjected to physical assault. This demonstrates the use of violence as a tool to subjugate Hindu women and force them to convert to the perpetrator's faith. Violence in this case is carried out to intimidate the Hindu victim into submission. Such actions stem from deep-seated animosity and hatred for the victim’s Hindu religious identity. This case is therefore recorded as an event motivated by religious animosity towards Hindu women and is being added to the hate crime database. Disclaimer: None of the media sources covering this case has specified the exact date when the victim’s ordeal began. The earliest indication is that the victim was lured and proposed to by the Muslim perpetrator in 2016. Since Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when the victim’s ordeal began, not when it was reported, an indicative date of 1st January 2016 has been used, although the media reported the incident on 3 June 2025.