Muslim youth poses as Hindu to trap a minor Hindu girl, girl files complaint upon learning the truth
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India 
3 August, 2023
Case Summary
In Isanpur, Ahmedabad, a Muslim man named Ilyas trapped a 16-year-old minor Hindu girl in a relationship by concealing his identity and pretending to be a Hindu named Yash. He took her into confidence and forcibly engaged in multiple sexual encounters with her. She eventually learned the real name of the accused and narrated her ordeal to her mother. An FIR was registered by the victim's mother against the perpetrator in connection with the case. The Isanpur police swung into action and arrested the accused Ilyas within hours.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
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.
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 1
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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