Lucknow: Shahid barges into a house and rapes a minor girl, kills her with a hammer and hangs the body, arrested
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India 
6 June, 2023
Case Summary
On 7th June 2023, a Muslim youth named Shahid barged into a house in the Indira Nagar area of the city to rape a minor girl. After committing the rape, Shahid hit the girl’s head with a hammer to kill her. Shahid then hung the dead body of the minor girl to the ceiling of the house. She was a class 10 student. The girl’s family said that the accused was harassing their daughter for several days. The girl’s mother said that when she returned from work in the afternoon, the accused was seen running away from her house. She also tried to catch him but failed. When she went inside the house, the body of the daughter was found hanging. She alleged that the accused hanged the daughter’s body to make the murder appear like a suicide. The police registered a case of rape and murder based on this complaint lodged by the victim's father and launched a search operation for the absconding accused Shahid who was apprehended later in the night. Shahid has denied the allegations. He told the police that he was with the girl at her house when her family members arrived and caught them in a compromising position. He claimed that he ran away after that, and does not what happened after that.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
In this case, a woman was raped and murdered by Muslim perpetrators. It has often been seen that Muslim perpetrators target Hindu women owing to intrinsic animosity towards Hindus, specifically Hindu women. However, due to the lack of concrete indication of a religious motive, this case is being categorized as 'undecided'. If more details emerge, it would be added to the hate crime database.
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
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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