Hindu girl forced to do nikah, sexually exploited and blackmailed by Muslim man pretending to be Hindu; accused issued suicide threat for conversion
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India 
10 August, 2025
Case Summary
In Mauranipur town in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu girl was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man named Afroz. The Muslim accused pretended to be a Hindu youth under the false name Sameer Arya. The accused sexually exploited the girl and blackmailed her with her obscene photographs and videos, coercing her to convert to Islam and undergo nikah (Islamic marriage). He also issued her death threats and threatened her with suicide, stating he would drink poison if she refused to convert and marry him. According to media reports, the Hindu victim is a BTC student. She reported that Afroz, a resident of Kadambali, had concealed his true identity and introduced himself as Sameer Arya, trapping her in a love affair. During this time, he convinced her of his Hindu identity through photographs and conversations. After gaining her trust, he established a sexual relationship and exploited her. During this, he secretly captured her obscene photographs and videos. Subsequently, when the Hindu girl discovered Sameer's real identity, she began to distance herself from him. It was at this point that the threats and blackmail began. Afroz threatened to make the victim’s private photographs and videos public and also threatened to kill her while pressuring her to agree to a forced marriage and conversion. The Hindu victim also stated that Afroz told her that if she refused to marry him, he would commit suicide and implicate her entire family. The situation escalated on 11th August 2025, when the accused appeared at the victim’s house. In front of her family, he tore a packet resembling poison and put it in his mouth, creating panic. The family rushed him to the nearest health centre, where doctors confirmed he had not consumed poison and that it was an act intended to intimidate and pressure the family. Following this, the victim, along with her family, went to the police station, lodged a formal complaint, and called for an investigation. Meanwhile, Bajrang Dal’s district convenor, Rohit Kushwaha, arrived at the scene with other members of the organisation and demanded legal action from the police in the case.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category- Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Within this, 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- Brainwashed and/ or Groomed. The tertiary category selected is- Rape and sexual assault/ harassment. In our database, we have not added incidents where women have converted to another religion of their free will and no allegations of forced/involuntary conversion have been made. However, there are certain cases of conversion where the consent itself is a result of the brainwashing or grooming of a minor by the non-Hindu perpetrator trying to victimise a woman for her Hindu religious identity. The phenomenon of grooming points to non-Hindu perpetrators identifying their Hindu victims’ vulnerabilities and exploiting them over months and sometimes years, to extract the supposed ‘consent’ in order to convert their religion. In most cases of grooming, the victims are minors or the grooming started when the victim was a minor. In other cases of grooming, the non-Hindu perpetrator brainwashes and grooms a minor victim to extract their trust and then proceeds to rape them repeatedly with the intent of converting them to their faith. It is pertinent to understand here that when the victim is a minor, the ‘consent’ to convert or enter into a romantic relationship with an adult itself is redundant – addressed by POCSO. While every case of conversion of a minor and incidents of establishing a physical relationship with a minor by an adult is a crime, for the purpose of this database, a case would be considered a hate crime only if there is a distinct religious angle to the grooming. For example, in the UK, if a Hindu minor is targeted by Pakistani grooming gangs, it would be considered a hate crime because the victims are specifically targeted owing to their non-Muslim religious identity with the perpetrators being Muslim. In other cases, if a Hindu minor is brainwashed into entering a physical relationship with the non-Hindu adult perpetrator and the family alleges grooming/brainwashing of the minor to convert her religion, it would form a part of this database. If the victim is a Hindu adult, the case would form a part of this database only if the victim herself says that she was brainwashed/groomed to convert her religion. However, if the victim is deceased (murdered or otherwise), the case would form a part of this database if her family/friends provided testimony that the victim was brainwashed/groomed to convert her religion. Since these crimes have a distinct religious angle where the victim is being targeted owing to her Hindu religious identity, these cases are considered a hate crime. The other subcategory selected is- Forced conversion before marriage. The tertiary category selected is- 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 subcategory selected is- Blackmailed to convert. When Hindu women are in a relationship with non-Hindu men, there are cases where the woman is blackmailed to convert her religion, owing to her religious identity of being a Hindu. Such relationships may be consensual with the religious identity of the non-Hindu man known to the victim, however, there could be cases where the relationship is not consensual and the non-Hindu man starts blackmailing a Hindu woman to convert her religion. In these cases, it is often seen that the Hindu woman is blackmailed with intimate photos and/or videos, threats of harm to her or her family, threats of violence etc. Such cases are driven by specific religious motivations and against the religious identity of the victim and are therefore qualified as hate crimes. The other 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. In this case, a Hindu girl was lured into a relationship by a Muslim man who posed as a Hindu. The Muslim perpetrator’s deliberate deception in assuming a false identity reflects a calculated attempt to exploit the girl’s religious background. By pretending to share her faith, he manipulated her trust and denied her the ability to make informed decisions about her relationship. This was not merely a personal betrayal but a targeted attack on her religious identity, as her trust was built on the belief she was interacting with someone from her own religious community. Such actions reflect deep-seated hostility towards Hinduism and its adherents, making this a clear instance of a religiously motivated crime. Furthermore, the Hindu girl was sexually exploited by the Muslim man who maintained this false Hindu identity. This was not simply an act of sexual assault; rather, it was a deliberate targeting of a Hindu girl because of her faith. The pretence of being Hindu to gain her trust, only to sexually violate her, shows clear intent rooted in religious bias. His manipulation and exploitation demonstrate that the crime was driven by prejudice towards Hindus and Hinduism itself. The Muslim perpetrator then attempted to force the Hindu girl to convert to Islam and pressured her to undergo a nikah, Islamic marriage. This, more than anything, underscores the religious motivation behind the crime. Pressuring someone to abandon their faith and adopt another religion against their will is a blatant violation of religious freedom. Forced conversion through coercion is a direct assault on a person’s rights and autonomy. It is a deliberate attempt to erase the Hindu victim’s cultural and religious identity, making it a clear instance of a religiously motivated crime against Hindus. Adding to this, the Muslim accused captured the Hindu girl’s obscene photographs and videos and used them to blackmail her, with the specific demand that she renounce her Hindu faith, convert to Islam, and marry him. This form of blackmail was entirely centred on destroying her religious identity. Using fear, humiliation, and the threat of public shaming to force a victim into religious conversion is a glaring demonstration of religious animosity at the heart of the crime. Such actions are a result of religious animosity towards Hinduism and the Hindu community. When the Hindu girl resisted conversion, the coercion escalated further. The Muslim accused issued direct threats to kill her if she refused to convert and marry him according to Islamic rites. These were not empty threats but conditional ultimatums; her life was made to depend on her willingness to abandon her Hindu faith. This was a form of personal terror aimed not only at silencing and controlling the individual Hindu victim but at instilling fear within the wider Hindu community. The psychological manipulation then descended to an even more sinister level. Afroz resorted to emotional blackmail, repeatedly threatening to take his own life if she did not comply. He also threatened to frame her family under false charges. His tactics culminated in a dramatic public stunt, where he pretended to drink poison outside her family home. This was no act of desperation; rather, it was a calculated performance, a weaponised display designed to trap the girl and her family in fear, guilt, and social pressure. By threatening to implicate her entire family in his “death” unless she abandoned her religion, he used emotional abuse as a tool of religious coercion. These acts were a direct attempt to force the Hindu victim to discard her Hindu faith and embrace Islam, rooted in a deep hostility towards Hindus and Hinduism. In summary, the Hindu girl was targeted specifically because of her religion, deceived into a false relationship under a fabricated Hindu identity, subjected to sexual exploitation, blackmail, explicit death threats, and staged suicide attempts, all to force her to abandon her Hindu faith. This crime strikes at the dignity, safety, and religious freedom of the victim because of her Hindu identity; it is an example of a religiously motivated crime. Since this case fulfils multiple parameters of a religiously motivated crime, it is recorded in the hate crime database. Disclaimer: Media reports do not mention the exact date on which the victim’s ordeal began. They only confirm one date — 11th August 2025 — when the accused came to the victim’s house and pretended to drink poison. Therefore, for the purpose of documentation, we are using an indicative date of 11th August 2025 as the date of the incident. Hinduphobia Tracker records the date when the victim's ordeal begins rather than when it is reported in the media.
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 0
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 1
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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