Hindu girl befriended, subjected to blackmailing and death threats by Muslim man posing as Hindu in Indore

Case ID : d327139 | Location : Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India | Date of Incident : Fri, 14 November, 2025

Case ID : d327139

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

14 November, 2025

Hindu girl befriended, subjected to blackmailing and death threats by Muslim man posing as Hindu in Indore

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Case Summary

A Hindu girl faced sustained mental harassment after a Muslim man befriended her by concealing his religious identity and posing as a Hindu. The accused later threatened to publicise her photographs and videos to force continued contact. He also subjected the girl to death threats. The incident occurred in the Kishanganj police station area of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The victim was pursuing an engineering degree at Medicaps College. In her written complaint to the police, she stated that she had come into contact with the man around two months earlier (November 2025). The Muslim accused, Anas Shah, introduced himself as a Hindu man named Aman Shah. However, after his true identity became known to the girl, she ended all communication with him. Following the cessation of contact, he began threatening to circulate photographs taken together. The complaint recorded that on 15 January 2026, she met the accused at Forest Café in Pigdamber village. During the meeting, she clearly stated that she did not wish to maintain any form of contact and asked him to delete the photographs. During the same meeting, he threatened to make the photographs public and issued threats to kill her if she informed anyone. Despite these threats, the accused constantly followed and harassed the girl. Distressed by all this, she informed her family members and workers of a Hindu organisation about the incident. Following this, Bajrang Dal workers detained the Muslim man and handed him over to the police. Her complaint led the police to take action against the accused under preventive sections of the law. Police stated that the investigation was ongoing and that further action would be taken in accordance with the facts established during the inquiry.

Why it is Hate Crime ?

This case has been documented under the selected primary category: Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Under this, the selected secondary category is: Man pretends to be Hindu. Under this, the selected tertiary category 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 malicious 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. This case constituted a clear instance of a religiously motivated hate crime due to the following factors: Firstly, the victim, a Hindu girl pursuing engineering at Medicaps College in Indore, endured harassment centred on her religious identity. The perpetrator singled her out as a Hindu female through calculated deception, threats, and relentless stalking, which inflicted severe fear and psychological distress. The selective targeting of a Hindu girl due to her faith identity itself showcases the religious nature of the crime. Secondly, the perpetrator, Anas Shah, concealed his Muslim identity by introducing himself as a Hindu man named Aman Shah. This deliberate deception demonstrated unambiguous bias and malicious intent towards the victim's religion. By masquerading as Hindu, he manipulated her trust and isolated her under false pretences, reflecting a premeditated plan to exploit her religious background. Such conduct directly violated her right to informed consent in friendships and trespassed upon her Hindu beliefs, with the perpetrator's calculated concealment confirming the religious motive driving the crime. In such cases, identity concealment transcends mere personal deception; it embodies a strategic ploy grounded in religious profiling. The accused knew a Hindu girl would reject his advances upon learning his true faith, so he lied to gain access, spotlighting religiously driven intent. This deception reflects a larger pattern where Hindu women are specifically singled out using false identities, often with coercion or exploitation in mind. Such targeted victimisation based on religion not only demonstrates a fundamental disregard for Hinduism but also exposes a deeper animosity toward Hindus and their beliefs. When the victim discovered the accused's real identity, she wanted to disassociate with him. As a result, the Muslim accused threatened to publicise private photographs and videos, issued death threats if she disclosed the matter, and relentlessly stalked her despite her explicit refusal of contact. These tactics: blackmail, intimidation, and pursuit, aimed squarely at subjugating a Hindu girl into submission, underscoring deliberate targeting tied to her faith identity. They served as instruments to shatter her resolve, enforce compliance, and magnify the crime's religious severity. Furthermore, the death threats functioned explicitly to terrorise and silence her over her Hindu identity, cementing this as a religiously motivated offence. As this case satisfied all criteria for a hate-driven offence, it was added to the Hinduphobia Tracker's hate crime database. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the crime began, rather than media reporting. Here, reports lacked the precise start of the victim's ordeal, noting initial contact two months prior and a key meeting on 15 January 2026. Thus, 15 November 2025, two months before that meeting, was selected as the indicative incident date for documentation purposes.