Multiple Hindu girls trapped and sexually exploited by two Muslim men, pretending to be Hindus
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India 
16 May, 2025
Case Summary
In Indore, Madhya Pradesh, multiple Hindu girls were being trapped, blackmailed and sexually exploited by a two Muslim men, who were pretending to be Hindus. The two Muslim youths, Farhan and Hannan Khan, pretended to be Hindus to befriend Hindu girls, only to later sexually exploit and blackmail them. One of the accused, Hannan Khan, is a resident of Bhopal and was running Hannan Teleperformance Company. He deceived a Hindu girl by telling her his name was Ayush Patel. Similarly, his accomplice Farhan also deceived various Hindu girls by pretending to be a Hindu. When the victim came to know about the accused's real Muslim identity, she filed a police complaint at the Vijay Nagar police station. When the police investigated, they found out that both the Muslim youth were chatting and trapping multiple Hindu girls. The victim also stated that Farhan's mother was involved in the act. As of the date of writing this report, both the accused have been arrested, and the investigation was ongoing.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of: -Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes. Within it, the sub-category selected is: - Man pretends to be Hindu, with the tertiary category being: - Name changed and Pattern of targeting Hindu women. 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 second sub-category under which the case has been placed is- Brainwashed and/or groomed. Within this, the tertiary category selected is- Pattern of targeting Hindus. 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. This case has been added to the tracker because it is a clear case of religion-based targeting by the two Muslim men. The two Muslim men deliberately concealed their Muslim identities and posed as Hindu individuals to deceive Hindu girls. Their consistent use of false Hindu names was not a coincidence but rather a calculated strategy aimed at building trust with the ultimate objective of sexual exploitation. During the investigation, it was revealed that they were talking with multiple girls shows that it was not a random event or an opportunistic crime, instead, they were specifically targeting Hindu girls. Notably, when perpetrators repeatedly seek out victims of a specific faith, the violence assumes a communal character; it is no longer just an individual crime, but an expression of religious hostility. Furthermore, the act of deliberately hiding one's religious identity in order to engage in intimate relationships with women of another religion is not a neutral or benign act. It is a manifestation of malice toward the victim's faith, exploiting trust by operating under a false identity.. 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, and this is why this case has been added here.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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