Muslim man blackmails Hindu partner with intimate pictures and rapes her, then coerces her to convert to Islam
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India 
27 June, 2023
Case Summary
On June 28, 2023, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Khurshid Hashmi for assaulting, raping, and coercing a Hindu woman into converting to Islam. The 32-year-old victim, a Varanasi resident and divorcee, was ensnared in a love affair with Hashmi, whom she met at work in Gorakhpur. Working in an orchestra to support her three-year-old daughter, she fell victim to Hashmi's promises of marriage, leading to sexual relations and eventual rape. When she became pregnant, Hashmi forced her to undergo an abortion and demanded her conversion to Islam. The police filed an FIR based on her complaint, wherein she detailed her marriage, divorce, and subsequent involvement with Hashmi, who drugged and raped her, blackmailing her with an objectionable video. He coerced her conversion, keeping her in Turkmanpur. Upon discovering his prior marriage, she faced violence and death threats. Within 24 hours of her complaint, Uttar Pradesh police arrested Hashmi, booking him under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
What gives this case a distinct religious angle is that the Muslim perpetrator blackmailed the Hindu victim to convert her religion to Islam. 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.
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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