Minor Hindu girl sexually assaulted by Muslim sports teacher
Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India 
19 January, 2025
Case Summary
A minor Hindu girl was sexually assaulted by a 36-year-old Muslim sports teacher, Abu Nasar Sayyed, at New Beginning International School in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra. The harassment began in June 2024 when the teacher initiated contact through Snapchat. The teacher manipulated the 14-year-old student by claiming friendship and promising sports career assistance. He systematically sexually harassed her, inappropriately touching her in the school's sports room under the guise of sports training. Sayyed escalated his misconduct by sending inappropriate messages and videos, demanding nude pictures, and threatening to circulate her images if she did not comply. When the student rejected his advances, he began tormenting her through difficult sports tasks and threatening her tournament participation. Traumatised, the student stopped attending school for two months. Her parents discovered the situation after gaining her confidence and subsequently filed a police complaint. Police registered a comprehensive case under multiple legal sections. The Superintendent of Police, Dr. Vinaykumar Rathod, assured a transparent investigation and encouraged reporting of any complaints.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
In this case, a minor Hindu girl was systematically sexually harassed by a Muslim sports teacher over a span of half a year. She was sent obscene messages, inappropriately touched, asked for nudes, and blackmailed by the authority figure; leaving her traumatised to the extent of not attending school for two whole months. There are suspicions that the Hindu child was targeted owing to her religious identity. From the details available, it is entirely possible that the crime was one of opportunity - where the child was simply accessible to the perpetrator. However, there is a slip side to the argument - for a Muslim perpetrator, a Muslim child would be far more accessible than a Hindu child. The fact that the perpetrator specifically targeted the Hindu child could point towards the religious profiling of the victim. However, this is only in the realm of speculation since the case details make no indications of the religious motivations of the perpetrator. For that reason, this case is being added to the Undecided database. If more information emerges, it will be added to the Hate Crime database.
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
Complaint registered
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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