Muslim man lure Hindu girl feiging to be a Hindu, reveal real identity and tortures her after marriage
Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh, India 
1 November, 2023
Case Summary
A Dalit girl in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri charged a Muslim man named Furqan Ali or Furqan Khan of trapping her into a relationship by posing as Sultan Singh. A mason from Sambhal, Moradabad, who came to build a toilet in the village claimed to be Sultan Singh and lured a Dalit girl into a fake relationship. The victim disappeared about one and a half years ago. She learned that the perpetrator was a Muslim after their wedding and protested, following which he started abusing her and even threw her out of his house. She managed to escape from his clutches and appealed to the Mainpuri Superintendent of Police Vinod Kumar to take strict action against him. Police arrested Furqan on November 2, 2023.
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. What gives this case a distinct religious angle is that the Muslim perpetrator actively hid his religion and pretended to be a Hindu to ensnare the Hindu woman. He married her before revealing his real identity to the victim. He then started inflicting torture on her and eventually abandoned her. Since the religious motive of the crime is evident from these facts, this case has been documented as a hate crime.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 1
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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