A Muslim man poses as Hindu to lure a Hindu girl, blackmails her with her obscene pictures; police finds obscene photos of many other Hindu girls on his phone
Pune, Maharashtra, India 
17 January, 2023
Case Summary
Sadan Khan from Pune, Maharashtra, was accused of befriending a Hindu girl from Indore on Instagram by posing as Abhinav. It was said that he made an obscene video of the girl and kept blackmailing her with it. Sadan is also accused of physically abusing the girl. Sadan Khan resides in the Sangamwadi area near Tadiwala Road in Pune. After learning about the plight of the girl, members of Bajrang Dal on January 18, 2023, caught the accused in Indore’s IT Park. Earlier he kept misleading them by calling himself a Hindu, but when they beat him and asked him for his ID card, he confessed his name was Sadan and his father's name was Sadiq Khan. The members then handed him over to Bhawarkuan Police. Apart from the girl from Indore, police found obscene photos of many other Hindu girls on Sadan's mobile.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added under the prime category- Crimes against women in relationships and sexual crimes. Under this, the sub-category selected is- Man pretends to be Hindu. Further, two tertiary categories named, 'Name changed' and 'Pattern of targeting Hindu women' have been selected here, as per case details. 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. In this case, a non-Hindu man concealed his religious identity and pretended to be a Hindu to lure a Hindu woman, which in itself demonstrates manipulation aimed at exploiting the victim’s religious beliefs. Further, as per case details, her case was not an isolated act but part of a broader pattern of specific targeting of Hindu women as police found obscene photos of many other Hindu girls on Sadan's mobile. Since the religious motive of the crime is evident from the fact that the man pretended to be a Hindu to trap a Hindu woman and that he specifically targeted Hindu women, this case has been documented as a hate crime. It is pertinent to note that, based on the case details, there is one confirmed victim in this incident. While there are allegations that other Hindu women were also targeted, the actual number remains unverified. Therefore, for accuracy and consistency, the victim count has been recorded as one.
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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