Hindu woman deceived into marriage by Muslim man using fake Hindu identity in Assam

Case ID : e27529e | Location : Silchar, Assam, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 1 September, 2025

Case ID : e27529e

Silchar, Assam, India

1 September, 2025

Hindu woman deceived into marriage by Muslim man using fake Hindu identity in Assam

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Name Changed

Case Summary

In Silchar, Assam, a Hindu woman was deceived into a relationship and marriage by a Muslim man named Mainur Islam, who assumed a false Hindu identity. According to reports, Mainur Islam, a resident of Murshidabad district in West Bengal, worked in Silchar as a street vendor selling plastic goods. He concealed his Muslim identity and pretended to be a Hindu man named Sajal Das in order to trap a local Hindu woman. He obtained forged Aadhaar and voter ID documents in the Hindu name, which he used to rent a house in Tapoban Nagar. While continuing to conceal his real name and religion, he lured the victim into a relationship and married her. The matter came to light when suspicious neighbours entered his house and discovered a bag containing his original documents, which exposed his true identity. This led to widespread anger in the area, with locals demanding strict action against the accused. A police team immediately arrived on the site and took both the accused and the victim into custody for questioning. Local residents raised concerns that the case was not limited to one individual but could be linked to a wider network involved in procuring forged documents to facilitate such deceptions. As of the date of writing this report, further investigation was ongoing to determine the scale of the operation and all those involved.

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. This case has been added to the tracker because a Hindu woman was deceived into a relationship and marriage by a Muslim man, who pretended to be Hindu. The perpetrator deliberately concealed his religious identity to initiate and sustain a relationship with a Hindu woman. This itself is a clear manifestation of bias and malicious intent towards the victim's religion. By concealing his true identity, he exploited her trust, targeting her under false pretences. This indicates a premeditated intent to manipulate her based on her religious background. In cases like these, the tactic of adopting a false Hindu identity to manipulate and "ensnare" a Hindu individual is not just an act of personal betrayal but can also be interpreted as an expression of disdain or disregard for Hinduism and its customs that reflects a deeper animosity towards Hindus and their beliefs. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incidents based on when the victim’s ordeal began. However, in this case, the report does not provide specific details regarding when the accused trapped the victim. Therefore, for documentation purposes, the date of the incident has been recorded as the date it was reported in the media - September 1, 2025.