Tribal Hindu woman trapped in marriage by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Case ID : f664873 | Location : Karimganj, Assam, India | Date of Incident : Mon, 10 March, 2025

Case ID : f664873

Karimganj, Assam, India

10 March, 2025

Tribal Hindu woman trapped in marriage by Muslim man posing as Hindu

Crimes against women in relationships and other sexual crimes

Man pretends to be Hindu

Case Summary

In Chandrapur village of Assam, a tribal Hindu woman was deceived into marriage by a Muslim man named Fadil. He posed as a Hindu to trap the woman in the marriage. According to media reports, Ringhakating Charai married Fadil, believing he was Hindu. After their wedding, the couple moved to Bangalore. They had a child, but after the child's birth, Ringhakating discovered that her husband was a Muslim man named Fadil. Feeling betrayed, Ringhakating left her husband in Bangalore and returned to her village in Assam with her child. She decided to revert to Hinduism, along with her mother, Khante Charai, who had converted to Christianity a few years earlier under the influence of Christian priests. Ringhakating and Khante Charai participated in a Gharwapsi programme organised by the RSS’s Dharma Jagran Manch. The event was conducted with proper religious rituals, and both women returned to their original faith. Despite these events, the police and local authorities failed to take any action against the accused. However, Hindu organisations demanded that the authorities take strict action against Fadil.

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. 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. This case has been added to the tracker because a Hindu woman was trapped in a marriage by a Muslim man, who pretended to be Hindu. The perpetrator deliberately concealed his religious identity to initiate and sustain a relationship with a Hindu woman. This itself is a clear manifestation of bias and malicious intent towards the victim's religion. By concealing his true identity, he exploited her trust, targeting her under false pretences. 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. Disclaimer: It is important to clarify that the report does not specify the exact date when the woman’s ordeal began. Therefore, for documentation purposes, we have recorded the date based on when the incident was reported in the media.