Hindu woman abducted and her throat-slit by Muslim man for breaking relationship with him
Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, India 
26 November, 2025
Case Summary
In the Naitla Hasanpur village of Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu woman named Kshama Sharma was abducted and murdered by a Muslim man named Salim Kabadi after she ended their relationship with him. According to reports, the accused, Salim Kabadi, had been visiting her village to collect scrap, during which he came into contact with the victim. He gradually befriended her, began speaking with her over the phone, and started meeting her. However, when the victim broke off the relationship with the accused, he became violent. On 27 November 2025, he abducted her and took her near the Walipura canal. During this time, an argument broke out between the two, after which the accused slit her throat with a knife and dumped her body near the canal. Subsequently, her family filed a missing persons complaint on 28 November 2025 at Chola police station. On 1 December 2025, police recovered an unidentified female body from the canal, which was later identified to be of that of the victim. Based on the investigation, on 3 December 2025, the police located and arrested Salim near Chola crossing. He was taken to recover the murder weapon from a spot he had indicated. During this recovery, he opened fire on the police team, injuring Constable Ankur. The police also retaliated with defensive firing, injuring the accused in the leg and taking him into custody. Illegal weapons, cartridges, the knife used for the murder, and the clothes worn during the killing were recovered.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the Undecided database because there is not enough conclusive evidence to confirm a religious motive at this stage. The Hindu woman, Kshama Sharma, was abducted and murdered by the Muslim accused, Salim Kabadi, after she ended their relationship with him. The sheer brutality with which she was murdered, her throat slit with a knife, could suggest religious animosity. This incident also resembles a broader pattern in which Hindu women involved in interfaith relationships with Muslim men have gone missing or been murdered over minor issues. Such cases often reveal elements of targeting, manipulation, or exploitation, sometimes connected to hostility towards Hindu identity. However, no such element has yet been clearly identified in this case. Current information indicates that the motive stemmed from personal betrayal and emotional volatility, making it more consistent with a crime of passion than with ideological or religious intent. Furthermore, the case details provide no clear indication of religious motivations, as the victim's family didn't make any statements suggesting a religious motive behind the crime. Also, initial investigation suggests that there could be a component of a love affair involved. For this reason, the case has been added to the 'Undecided' database. If further information emerges that points towards a religious motivation behind this crime, it would then be reclassified and included in the hate crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that none of the media sources covering this case have specified the exact date when the victim's ordeal began or when she came into contact with the accused, though it is mentioned that she was abducted on 27 November 2025. Thus, to document this case, we have used an indicative date—27 November 2025—as a placeholder to represent the beginning of her suffering. While media coverage of the incident emerged on 4 December 2025, the Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began, not when it was reported.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
1
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 1
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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