Hindu girl subjected to years of stalking, pressure for forced relationship and marriage by Muslim man

Case ID : cb28103 | Location : Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Sat, 25 October, 2025

Case ID : cb28103

Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

25 October, 2025

Hindu girl subjected to years of stalking, pressure for forced relationship and marriage by Muslim man

Undecided cases

One sided obsession with Hindu woman

Rape or sexual harassment/assault of a Hindu woman

Case Summary

In Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, a 20-year-old Hindu girl was subjected to years of stalking and pressure for a forced relationship and marriage by her Muslim neighbour, Haroon Khan. According to reports, the victim, a resident of Pitam Colony in Gwalior, was being harassed by the accused, Haroon Khan, since her school days. She stated that Haroon had been following her since their school days, as they studied in the same school, and routinely tried to force interactions. The victim then went to Indore to prepare for competitive examinations, thinking she would be free from further harassment. However, when she returned to Gwalior during Diwali, the accused again started stalking her and harassing her. He obtained her mobile number, and he began repeatedly calling and messaging her. The situation escalated on 26 October 2025, when the accused stopped her near the Medina Mosque, grabbed her hand with malicious intent, molested her, and threatened her to marry him. He passed communal remarks, claiming that he was a staunch Muslim and that if she did not marry him, he would not allow her to marry anywhere else. When she resisted, the accused threatened that he would kidnap her younger sisters if she refused to submit to his demands. When she told her family of the ordeal, her brother confronted the accused and attempted to reason with him. However, the accused responded by threatening to kill the entire family. Subsequently, the family approached the police and filed a complaint. Based on the victim's complaint, Madhoganj Police registered a case of molestation, intimidation, and harassment under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The police initiated an investigation and were examining all aspects of the victim's statements.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

In this case, a Hindu girl was stalked, harassed by a Muslim man named Haroon Khan. This incident could potentially constitute a crime motivated by religious profiling, as there have been several such instances in which the Muslim perpetrators target Hindu women and girls due to underlying animosity towards Hindus. Hindu women and girls are especially vulnerable to crimes such as rape and sexual assault perpetrated by Muslim men. The fact that the accused repeatedly targeted the Hindu girl and his intention of marrying her indicate religious profiling. The accused was also deeply obsessed with the Hindu girl and repeatedly harassed her to force marriage. He threatened to kill her entire family when she resisted him, demonstrating that his objective was to force her into submission at any cost. The intensity of his threats, including kidnapping her younger sisters, underscored the extent to which he intended to break her will and compel her compliance through fear and violence. Furthermore, his remarks asserting his Muslim identity to intimidate the victim girl also raise suspicions of religious motivations behind the crime. However, it is also possible that the crime was opportunistic, with the Hindu girl being more accessible to the perpetrator, since they studied in the same school. The religious assertion of the accused might be out of a fit of rage rather than religious animosity towards the victim and her faith. Conversely, one might argue that a Muslim girl would generally be more accessible to a Muslim perpetrator than a Hindu girl, making the repeated targeting of this particular victim indicative of religious profiling. Nevertheless, all this remains highly speculative, as the available details do not provide clear evidence of religious motivation. Furthermore, the victim has not made any statements indicating a religious motive behind the crime. For this reason, the case has been recorded in the 'Undecided' database. If further information emerges indicating a religious motive for the crime, it will be reclassified and included in the Hate Crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that none of the media sources covering this case has specified the exact date when the victim's ordeal began. The earliest date mentioned is 26 October 2025, when she was stopped and harassed near the mosque. Since Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began and not when it was reported, we have considered the date of the incident as 26 October 2025, though the media reported the incident on 27 October 2025.