Incidents involving allegations of identity concealment, pressure for religious conversion, promises of marriage, sexual exploitation, threats and physical assault have been reported from different parts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh during the period covered by this report. The eight cases documented here involve Hindu women and girls, including a minor, and include complaints made by victims or their family members before the police and other authorities.
In several of the cases, the allegations centre on relationships that were established or developed after the accused concealed their identity or presented themselves differently to the women involved. The complaints describe different circumstances in which trust was established over a period of time, followed by allegations of pressure relating to marriage or religious conversion. Some cases also include allegations of threats, assault, sexual exploitation or other forms of coercion.
The incidents also highlight different circumstances in which such allegations came to the attention of authorities. In Jabalpur, a school teacher was accused of maintaining contact with a minor student for around three years, promising marriage, attempting to influence her to adopt Islam and sending obscene messages and photographs. In Saharanpur, a Hindu minor that a Muslim youth concealed his identity, sexually exploited her for four years, assaulted her and subsequently pressured her for religious conversion and Nikah.
Other cases involve married women. In Gorakhpur, the father of a married woman reported her disappearance and that a cloth shopkeeper had taken her away and expressed apprehension regarding possible religious conversion. In Deoria, a married woman and mother of two children that a man she had known for around three years concealed his identity and caste and subsequently pressured her to undergo religious conversion after promising marriage.
The cases reported from Haridwar also involve allegations connected with marriage and religious conversion. In one complaint, a woman that her husband kept another Hindu woman at their home, changed her name to Shabnoor and attempted to have her undergo religious conversion. The complaint further that the woman had been brought from Chhattisgarh, taken to Kaliyar, subjected to religious conversion and subsequently married through Nikah. In another Haridwar-related case, police took Ashif into custody following allegations that a Hindu woman had been lured while working at a sugarcane crusher, taken to his village and subsequently subjected to religious conversion and married through Nikah.
In Madhya Pradesh, the cases include allegations of identity concealment and religious conversion pressure as well as a case involving a minor student. In Alirajpur, police arrested Sachin Yadav alias Javed Mansuri in connection with allegations involving concealed identity, pressure for religious conversion and death threats. In Jabalpur, police registered an FIR and arrested teacher Syed Faizan Hussain following allegations made by the family of a minor student.
The Lucknow case involves a different form of criminal conduct. Anamika Singh that Shahnawaz Ali had initially introduced himself to her as Yash Thakur and developed a relationship with her. She further that she was hit by a car and dragged on its bonnet after attempting to stop the vehicle. An FIR was registered against Shahnawaz Ali and Danish, and police took Shahnawaz into custody for questioning. The allegations, including the allegation of identity concealment, are being investigated.
Across the eight incidents, the complaints therefore involve several recurring elements, including concealment of identity, relationships developed over periods of time, pressure for marriage or religious conversion, allegations involving minors, and complaints of threats, assault or exploitation. The police action described in the cases includes FIR registration, arrests, custody and ongoing investigation, while in some cases family members or complainants approached senior police officials seeking action.
1. Identity Concealment, Religious Conversion Pressure and Death Threats: Sachin Yadav Alias Javed Mansuri Arrested in Madhya Pradesh
Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh | September 18, 2026: Police in Madhya Pradesh’s Alirajpur district arrested Sachin Yadav alias Javed Mansuri from the Dahi area of Dhar district in connection with a case involving allegations of concealing his identity, pressuring for religious conversion and issuing death threats.
According to the police, the accused had been absconding for a long period and was living in the Sondwa area under a changed name while concealing his actual identity.
According to the victim’s family members, the accused influenced the wife of his landlord and encouraged her to undergo religious conversion. He was also accused of issuing threats related to religious conversion and threatening to kill.
The case also includes allegations of fraud and concealing his identity. The accused’s wife, Aarti, remains absconding, and police are conducting a search to trace her.
2. Teacher Pressured Minor Student for Marriage and Religious Conversion, Sent Obscene Messages in Jabalpur
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh | September 18, 2026: A case involving allegations of pressure for marriage and religious conversion, along with the sending of obscene messages, was reported in Jabalpur, where a teacher at a private school, Syed Faizan Hussain, was accused of pressuring a minor female student.
Gorakh Bazaar police registered an FIR against the school teacher, Syed Faizan Hussain, and arrested him in connection with the case.
The teacher had reportedly been in contact with the minor student for around three years and communicated with her through WhatsApp messages and phone calls. The girl’s family members that the accused teacher promised her marriage and attempted to mentally influence her to adopt Islam.
It also came to light that the accused teacher sent obscene messages and photographs to the student.
3. Hindu Woman Converted and Married After Being Lured, Accused Ashif Taken Into Custody
Haridwar, Chhattisgarh | September 16, 2026: Police took a Muslim youth identified as Ashif into custody in a case involving allegations that a Hindu woman was lured while working at a sugarcane crusher in Chhattisgarh, subjected to religious conversion and subsequently married through Nikah.
According to the complaint, the accused brought the woman to his village in December 2025. He subsequently took her to Kaliyar.
Police registered a case against Ashif on the basis of the complaint. During the investigation, police found that the woman, identified as Sukhmati, who had come under Ashif’s influence, was already married.
Laksar Kotwali in-charge Inspector Praveen Singh Koshyari said that the accused Ashif had been taken into custody.
4. Hindu Minor Alleges Identity Concealment, Four Years of Sexual Exploitation and Pressure for Religious Conversion in Saharanpur
Biharigarh, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh | September 16, 2026: A Hindu minor girl in the Biharigarh police station area of Saharanpur district that a Muslim youth concealed his identity by presenting himself as a Hindu, lured her into a relationship, sexually exploited her for four years, assaulted her and attempted to force her into Nikah.
In her complaint to the police, the minor that on September 4, 2026, the accused took her to a farmhouse located in Kaluwala Pahadipur alias Jahanpur on the pretext of helping her fill out a government job application form. She that at the farmhouse, the accused pressured her to undergo religious conversion.
The minor further that she was forcibly made to consume meat of a prohibited animal at the farmhouse. When she resisted, she was assaulted and threatened with death.
Some office-bearers of the Hindu Raksha Dal also reached the Saharanpur Police Lines in connection with the matter and submitted a written application seeking action.
5. Married Hindu Woman Goes Missing in Gorakhpur; Father Alleges Cloth Shopkeeper Took Her Away and Suspects Religious Conversion
Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh | September 17, 2026: A married Hindu woman was reported missing under suspicious circumstances in the Gulariya police station area of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Her father accused Parvez Ansari, a cloth shopkeeper from Karamaha Buzurg who operates a shop named Parvez Vastraalaya, of luring his daughter and taking her away.
According to the woman’s father, his daughter had been working at Parvez’s shop for around three years. On September 10, 2026, she left home saying that she was going to the market to buy vegetables but did not return even after around two hours.
The family subsequently began searching for her and learned that she had left with Parvez Ansari. Following this, her father expressed apprehension that his daughter had been taken away with an improper intention and that she could be subjected to religious conversion.
6. Hindu Woman Hit and Dragged on Car Bonnet in Lucknow; FIR Registered Against Two
Gomti Nagar Extension, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | September 16, 2026: A case involving a Hindu woman being hit by a car and dragged on its bonnet was reported near Janeshwar Mishra Park in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The victim, identified as Anamika Singh, that the accused, Shahnawaz Ali, initially introduced himself to her as Yash Thakur and developed a relationship with her. His actual identity was subsequently revealed.
During the incident, Anamika saw Shahnawaz with another woman and attempted to stop the car. She that she was subsequently hit by the vehicle and dragged on its bonnet.
On the basis of the victim’s complaint, an FIR was registered against Shahnawaz Ali and Danish at the Gomti Nagar Extension police station. According to the report, Sections 109, relating to attempt to murder, and 352 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) were invoked in the FIR.
Police took Shahnawaz into custody and began questioning him. The allegations made by the victim, including the allegation of concealing his identity, are being investigated.
The incident also drew a statement from Aparna Yadav, who referred to the matter as a “love jihad” case.
7. Married Woman Alleges Husband Kept Another Hindu Woman at Home and Attempted Religious Conversion in Haridwar
Nihendpur Suthari, Laksar, Haridwar, Uttarakhand | September 15, 2026: A married woman from Nihendpur Suthari village in the Laksar area of Haridwar district that her husband kept another Hindu woman at their home without her consent and attempted to have her undergo religious conversion.
In a complaint submitted to the CO Laksar, the woman that her husband changed the other woman’s name to “Shabnoor” and that she was being pressured to adopt Islam.
The complainant further that some members of her husband’s family were assisting in the matter. She said that she had earlier sent a complaint by registered post to the Sultanpur police outpost on September 10, 2026, but no action was taken.
Following this, she submitted a written complaint to the CO Laksar on September 14, seeking an impartial investigation and action against those responsible.
According to the complaint, the other woman was brought to Laksar from Chhattisgarh in December 2025. It was further that she was subsequently taken to Kaliyar, where she was subjected to religious conversion, given the name Shabnoor and married through Nikah.
8. Man Arrested in Deoria for Pressuring Married Woman to Convert After Promising Marriage
Deoria, Uttar Pradesh | September 13, 2026: Police in the Tarkulwa area of Deoria district, Uttar Pradesh, registered a case against three people over allegations of pressuring a married woman, who is a mother of two children, to undergo religious conversion.
In connection with the case, Khushruddin, a resident of Kanchanpur, was arrested at around 12 noon on September 13, 2026. He was subsequently sent to jail.
The woman had submitted a written complaint at the police station on September 10. She stated that around three years ago, she met Khushruddin, a resident of a neighbouring village, while appearing for an examination.
The two subsequently became close, following which the man concealed his identity and caste and entered into a relationship with the woman.
The eight incidents reported between September 13 and September 26, 2026, present a series of complaints involving identity concealment, relationships, religious conversion, marriage, sexual exploitation, threats and physical assault. The incidents were reported across Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh and involved women, married women and a minor.
A significant feature across several complaints is the allegation that identity was concealed or presented differently at the beginning of a relationship. In the Alirajpur, Saharanpur, Lucknow and Deoria cases, the complaints specifically include allegations concerning concealed identity. The Saharanpur complaint additionally involves allegations of four years of sexual exploitation, assault and pressure for Nikah, while the Lucknow case involves allegations of physical assault following an dispute.
Religious conversion and marriage-related allegations also appear in several of the reported cases. The complaints from Haridwar and Chhattisgarh describe allegations involving conversion followed by Nikah, while the Deoria case concerns allegations that a married woman was pressured to undergo religious conversion after a relationship had developed. The Alirajpur complaint similarly includes allegations of pressure for religious conversion and threats.
The cases involving minors add another serious dimension to the incidents documented in this period. In Jabalpur, the family of a minor student accused a teacher of maintaining contact with her for around three years, promising marriage, attempting to influence her to adopt Islam and sending obscene messages and photographs. In Saharanpur, a minor prolonged sexual exploitation, assault, pressure for religious conversion and an attempt to force her into Nikah.
The response of authorities varies according to the individual case. Police registered FIRs, arrested or took accused persons into custody in several incidents, while investigations were initiated into the allegations. In other cases, family members and complainants approached police officials with written complaints seeking investigation and action.
The eight cases therefore document a range of allegations rather than a single form of incident. They include identity concealment, manipulation of relationships, pressure for religious conversion, marriage-related allegations, disappearance, sexual exploitation, threats and physical violence. The available details in each case are based on complaints, police action and statements described in the supplied reports, and the allegations remain subject to investigation and legal proceedings by the concerned authorities.
