Case Summary

In Mant, Mathura, a married Dalit Hindu woman was lured away by a Muslim man. The accused also threatened that he would convert the Hindu woman to Islam and would perform Halala. He also issued death threats to the victim's husband. The Hinduphobia Tracker obtained a copy of the FIR. According to the complaint, the 38-year-old married Hindu woman was lured away by Mumtaz, the son of Majid Khan. On the evening of 12th August 2025, the complainant received a call from the accused. During the call, the accused openly declared that he would convert the complainant’s wife to Islam, conduct “halala,” and marry her. Further, the accused threatened that the complainant’s wife would never return to him. If any attempt was made to recover her or if the matter was reported to the police, the accused warned that he would cut the complainant’s body into pieces and sell them as meat, claiming that he is already involved in the meat trade. He also threatened to bring people from Aligarh to ensure his threats were executed. According to the FIR, the accused is a known miscreant in the area, engaged in gambling and other criminal activities, with several serious cases already registered against him in the Police Station Mant. Due to repeated threats and the criminal background of the accused, the complainant expressed that he is living in constant fear and insecurity. At the time of writing this report, the matter was under investigation.

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Why it is Hate Crime ?

In this case, the husband of a 38-year-old Hindu woman filed a police complaint stating that his wife was lured away by a Muslim man named Mumtaz. According to the husband’s account, the accused lured the woman away. The complaint also reported that the accused threatened to convert the Hindu woman and perform Halala. The accused also threatened the husband with extreme physical harm, including cutting his body into pieces, if he attempted to intervene or report the matter to the police. It is important to highlight that at Hinduphobia Tracker, we have documented several similar incidents where Hindu women and underage Hindu girls have been lured by Muslim men, coerced into converting to Islam, and subsequently subjected to exploitation. In such cases, the intent behind such actions is a deep-rooted religious bias and animosity against the victims and their Hindu identity. The practice of feigning love and proposing marriage, in these instances, is used as a means to pursue the underlying goal of religious conversion. Such acts constitute clear examples of religiously motivated crimes. Therefore, the Hindu victim's husband's statements in this case cannot be dismissed outright, particularly in light of existing patterns where Hindu women and minor girls are selectively targeted, exploited, and forcibly converted to Islam by Muslim men. However, in this particular case, it is also essential to consider that the woman in question is an adult. As an adult, she is fully capable of making her own decisions regarding personal relationships and religious beliefs. As a 38-year-old woman, she holds the legal right to choose her partner and adopt a religion of her choosing, provided that all actions are consensual and without duress, deception or coercion. Given her adult status, it is entirely possible that she acted of her own accord, without coercion. The husband's account, while important, should therefore not be taken at face value without any statements from the victim herself. Emotional distress and social stigma could influence the statements of the victim's husband in such scenarios. At Hinduphobia Tracker, we adhere to strict parameters before classifying any incident as a religiously motivated hate crime. In this case, considering the woman is an adult and no direct evidence of force or coercion has yet emerged, nor has any statement been made by the woman herself, we are placing this incident in our 'Undecided' database. If any new information comes to light in which the victim states that she was forced to convert, then we will re-evaluate the case and accordingly add it to our hate crime database. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the woman's ordeal began, but it mentions that the accused threatened the victim's husband on 12th August 2025. Since this is the earliest date mentioned, we are considering this as when the victim's ordeal began and using this as the incident date. While media coverage of the incident emerged on 17th August 2025, the Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began, not when it was reported.