Minor Hindu girl manipulated and indoctrinated for religious conversion by her Muslim teacher in Maharashtra
Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India 
3 December, 2025
Case Summary
In Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, a 13-year-old Hindu girl was targeted and indoctrinated for religious conversion by her Muslim school teacher named Noor Madam. According to reports, the victim was studying in the 9th standard at a private school. She was targeted for conversion by her Muslim female teacher, who manipulated and deceived her through black-magic rituals and psychological manipulation. The accused teacher spent several days gaining the victim's trust and extensively discussing Islam, encouraging her to explore the religion further. She created an Instagram ID for the girl, introduced her to a few Muslim youths, and attempted to influence her to convert to Islam. The teacher also provided the girl with certain objects, telling her that these would protect her from her own family. When the victim's parents eventually realised that their daughter had been subjected to such manipulation, they immediately stopped sending their daughter to school. They then approached the police and submitted numerous pieces of evidence connected to the case. The matter gained political attention when MLA Sangram Jagtap met the District Superintendent of Police, Somnath Dharge, along with the parents, demanding the strictest action against the Muslim teacher and the Muslim youths involved in assisting her. The MLA stressed that school children were innocent and vulnerable, and that such incidents at a young age could have long-lasting effects on their minds, urging firm measures to prevent similar misconduct in educational institutions.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Predatory Proselytisation. The subcategory selected is- Proselytisation by grooming, brainwashing, manipulation, or subtle indoctrination. The tertiary categories selected are- Conversion of minor and Family claims grooming. Religious brainwashing essentially means the often subtle and forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up their religious beliefs to accept contrasting regimented ideas. Religious grooming or brainwashing also involves propaganda and manipulation. It involves the systematic effort, driven by religious malice and indoctrination, to persuade “non-believers’ to accept allegiance, command, or doctrine to and of a contrasting faith. Cases of such grooming or brainwashing are far more nuanced than direct threats, coercion, inducement and violence. In such cases, it is often seen that there is repeated, subtle and continual manipulation of the victim to induce disaffection towards their own faith and acceptance of the contrasting faith of the perpetrator. While subtle indoctrination is widely acknowledged as predatory, an element which is often understated in such conversions or the attempts of such conversion is the role of loyalty and trust which might develop between the perpetrator and the victim. Fiduciary relationships are often abused to affect such religious conversion. For example, an educator transmitting religious doctrine of a competing faith to a Hindu student. The Hindu student is likely to accept what the teacher is transmitting owing to existence of the fiduciary relationship. The exploitation of the fiduciary relationship to religiously indoctrinate victims would also be included in this category. Since the underlying animosity towards the victim’s faith forms the basis of predatory proselytization, such cases are considered religiously motivated hate crimes. This case has been added to the tracker because a 13-year-old Hindu girl was targeted and indoctrinated for religious conversion by her Muslim school teacher named Noor Madam. Firstly, it is important to note here that the victim was a minor, which means 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 this case exemplifies the use of coercion and manipulation to achieve religious conversion, it is a blatant act of religious hate, which is why it has been documented here in the hate tracker. Such acts are not merely criminal in nature; they are ideologically charged, revealing religious prejudice and a calculated intent to alter the religious identity of a minor without her volition. The use of grooming, where trust is built only to exploit, is an insidious method that exploits the child’s naivety and dependence. Secondly, by deliberately exposing the minor girl to Islamic teachings and introducing her to Muslim youths, the teacher demonstrated actions driven by clear religious animosity towards the victim’s Hindu identity. This was not an act of casual interaction; it reflected a conscious attempt to distance the girl from her own religion and convert her to Islam, through subtle manipulation and indoctrination. Such actions reveal hostility toward the victim’s faith and a calculated effort to impose an alternative religious framework on a vulnerable minor, which firmly situates this incident within the spectrum of hate-motivated coercive conversion. Furthermore, the Muslim perpetrator also tried to deceive and manipulate the Hindu victim through supposed black magic rituals and psychological coercion, providing her with certain objects and telling her they would protect her from her own family. This clearly demonstrates how the accused exploited the victim’s fears and deliberately provoked her against her own family, with the intent to sever her ties to her Hindu faith, identity, and community. Such calculated manipulation and exploitation amount to a clear instance of a hate crime. Such actions stem from inherent hostility towards the victim's professed faith since Abrahamic faiths believe that any non-adherent to the faith is subject to being dehumanised till they convert. Therefore, religious conversions, even of minors, are often seen as a badge of honour, totally disregarding the methods used to achieve it. Since such predatory actions stem from doctrinal animosity towards the Hindu faith and its adherents, this case is being documented as a religiously motivated hate crime. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when an event occurred or when the victim's ordeal began. 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. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media, 4 December 2025. Although media reports mention that, alongside the female Muslim teacher, other Muslim youths were involved in coercing the victim to convert, the total number of these individuals has not been specified. Therefore, for the purpose of documenting this crime, the female Muslim teacher is considered the main accused, and the perpetrator count has been recorded as '1'.
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
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
female
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