On 31 October 2024, in Mira-Bhayander, Maharashtra, Mohammad Sattar, the brother of a 17-year-old Muslim girl, murdered 21-year-old Raghunandan Paswan due to his anger over his sister’s friendship with Paswan. Sattar killed Paswan with a sharp knife, then dismembered the body and disposed of the parts in four paint cans, which he discarded in a remote area of Gorai. The following is a report based on 28 major yet similar incidents from the year 2012 to 2024, where Muslim families (such as brothers, fathers, and uncles) killed Hindu boys in response to their relationships or friendships with Muslim girls.
Case 1: 21-Year-Old Dismembered Over Relationship With Muslim Girl
On 31 October 2024, in Mira-Bhayandar, Maharashtra, Raghunandan Paswan, 21, was killed by Mohammad Sattar, who was upset about his 17-year-old sister’s friendship with Paswan. Sattar, the girl’s cousin, murdered Paswan with a sharp knife and then dismembered his body. The body parts were placed in four paint cans and dumped in a remote area in Gorai. On 12 November 2024, police discovered the body parts and arrested Mohammad Sattar, accusing him of the gruesome murder of Paswan.
Case 2: Young Hindu Man Shot Dead Inside Muslim Girlfriend’s House
On 19 August 2024, 28-year-old Gaurav Singh, a Hindu man, was killed in Hasnapur village, Hardoi, Uttar Pradesh, allegedly due to his interfaith relationship with a Muslim girl. Gaurav’s brother, Akhilesh, accused the girl’s family members—Sarvesh Khan (the father), Kadar, Shahrukh, Karim, and Ijad—of involvement in the murder. The police, led by Superintendent Neeraj Kumar Jadaun, collected forensic evidence, conducted a post-mortem, and initiated further legal proceedings. Gaurav’s body was found at his girlfriend’s house a month after being kidnapped, and he died from a gunshot wound. The family has filed a murder complaint.
Case 3: Hindu Boy In Gujarat Killed After Marrying Muslim Girl
On 3 August 2024, Yagnik Lakshidas Dudhrejia, a Hindu youth from Shedhakhai village in Dwarka, Gujarat, was brutally murdered with an axe by a Muslim family due to his love marriage to Rajma, a Muslim girl. After marrying against the family’s wishes, Yagnik and Rajma fled for safety. However, Yagnik was tricked into returning to Bhanwad village, where he was attacked. On 5 August 2024, police arrested several family members of Rajma, including her brother Sajid, uncle Salim, and others, charging them with murder.
Case 4: 60-Yr-Old Killed For Son’s Affair With Muslim Girl
On 25 June 2024, Katalu Kachru Lahade, a 60-year-old Hindu man, was brutally murdered in Pune’s Yerawada area. The attack was allegedly motivated by a dispute over a relationship between Lahade’s son and the sister of the accused, Ismail Riyaz Shaikh (25). Shaikh, along with his accomplice Sanket Umesh Gupta (21), attacked Lahade with a sharp weapon, targeting his face. The incident occurred after Shaikh’s sister left home with Lahade’s son, causing a rift within the family.
Case 5: Muslim Family Kills Hindu Boy For Relationship With Muslim Girl
On 20 November 2023, in Gopalapur village, Pratapgarh, Dilip Kumar Jaiswal (28), a Hindu man, was murdered by the family of his Muslim girlfriend, Nazia Bano. After Nazia invited him to her house, her family strangled Dilip and hung his body from a fan. Nazia’s brother, Asif, informed Dilip’s family about the incident. The police have registered a murder case against eight individuals, including Nazia, her family members, and two unidentified persons.
Case 6: Muslim Girlfriend Kills Own Hindu Boyfriend
Kapil Chaudhary, a 24-year-old Hindu man, was murdered by his Muslim girlfriend Kudrat and her brother Abdul on 13 September 2023 in Dehradun. The pair had been in a relationship, but when Kapil refused to marry Kudrat due to their religious differences, she sought revenge. Kudrat lured Kapil to Mussoorie under the pretext of a trip, where she and her brother slit his throat while he slept. The crime was discovered when Kapil’s body was found in a hotel room. Both Kudrat and Abdul confessed to the murder and were arrested.
Case 7: 20-Yr-Old Hindu Killed For InterFaith Relation By Muslim Family
Raj Kumar, a 20-year-old man from Bihar, was murdered in Delhi’s Zakira region on 2 July 2023, by Ashfaq and Meraj, family members of a Muslim girl he was in an interfaith relationship with. The accused stabbed Raj over a dozen times and slit his throat, leaving his body near a park in Inderlok. The murder remained unsolved until police examined nearby CCTV footage, leading to the identification of the suspects. They confessed that they killed Raj Kumar for dating Ashfaq’s relative.
Case 8: Hindu Man & Muslim Wife Killed By Her Family
On 14 October 2023, Gulnaz Khan and her husband Karan Ramesh Chandra were murdered by her father Gora Raeesuddin Khan, and brother Salman Khan in Mumbai. The family had opposed their interfaith marriage, and when Gulnaz began asking about her missing husband, her father and brother feared she would report them. They strangled her and hid her body in a jungle in Navi Mumbai. Chandra’s body was found in a well earlier the same day.
Case 9: Hindu Lover Murdered, Body Cut Into 8 Pieces
On 6 June 2023, 21-year-old Manohar, a Hindu man, went missing in Himachal Pradesh’s Bhandal area. His dismembered body was found on 9 June 2023 with parts chopped into seven pieces using an axe and stuffed into a sack, buried under stones in a drain. The murder is believed to be linked to his relationship with a Muslim girl, which her family opposed. The girl’s uncle, Shabbir, and aunt, Musafir Hussain and Farida, along with the girl’s brother, are accused of the murder.
Case 10: Hindu Boy Killed By Muslim Girlfriend’s Lover
In Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 17-year-old Rocky was murdered on 28 December 2022, allegedly due to a love triangle. Khalid, a man involved with Rocky’s girlfriend, Jainam, killed Rocky after becoming jealous of their relationship. Khalid lured Rocky on the pretext of a trip and strangled him after waiting for darkness. He then hid the body in a sugarcane field. Jainam, who had given Khalid permission to kill Rocky, was also arrested. Police recovered Rocky’s body, phone, and Khalid’s bike.
Case 11: Tribal Man Killed By Muslim Wife’s Family
In September 2022, Deepak Barde, a tribal youth from Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, was murdered a month after marrying Muslim girl Sania Sheikh. Deepak’s family believes Sania’s relatives kidnapped and killed him due to their disapproval of the interfaith marriage. Despite receiving threats, Deepak’s complaints to the police were ignored. His body was not found at that time.
Case 12: Dalit Man Killed For Relationship With Muslim Girl
In May 2022, Vijay Kamble, a 25-year-old Dalit man from Kalaburagi, Karnataka, was allegedly murdered due to his romantic relationship with a woman from a different faith. His girlfriend’s family opposed the relationship, and her brother had previously threatened Vijay. On the day of the murder, Vijay was called away, and his family later learned he had been stabbed and hit on the head. Police arrested two men, Shahuddin and Nawaz, in connection with the murder, while the woman’s family members were being questioned.
Case 13: 26-Yr-Old Hindu Man Killed For Marrying Muslim Girl
In May 2022, Billipuram Nagaraju, a 26-year-old Dalit man, was murdered in Hyderabad’s Saroornagar area on May 4 for marrying Ashrin Sultana, a Muslim woman from a family that opposed their relationship. Nagaraju was stabbed and hit with an iron rod by Ashrin’s brother Syed Mobin Ahmed and his relative Mohammed Masood Ahmed. The couple had been in a five-year relationship and married in January 2023. The attackers initially planned to kill Nagaraju at his workplace but decided to strike when the couple was returning home.
Case 14: 34-Yr-Old Murdered For Relationship With Muslim Woman
In October 2021, Ravi, a 34-year-old Hindu man, was abducted and murdered by his girlfriend’s family in Balaganur village, Karnataka, due to their disapproval of the interfaith relationship. The woman, fearing for his life, alerted the police, but Ravi was already missing. His body was later found in a village pond. Ravi had been in a four-year relationship with the 24-year-old woman, despite threats from her family to end it. Her uncle and younger brother were arrested after confessing to the murder.
Case 15: 7th Grade Student Killed For Friendship With Muslim Girl
In August 2021, a 14-year-old boy, Mahesh Kolli, was brutally murdered in Naribol village, Karnataka. He went missing on Monday and was found dead in the Bhima river. His body showed signs of torture, including the removal of his teeth, and he was forcibly made to drink liquor. Mahesh was a 7th-grade student, and it is suspected his murder was related to his friendship with a girl from another community, which may have angered her family. The boy’s body was stuffed into a gunny bag and dumped in the river.
Case 16: 25Yr-Old Killed By Muslim Girlfriend & Her Husband For Affair
In March 2021, Amit, a 25-year-old from Harewali, was murdered by his girlfriend Afsana and her husband Mehtab in Bijnor. The couple invited Amit to their home on 28 March 2021, where they made him drink alcohol and beat him to death with bricks. Afterward, they packed his body in a sack and dumped it in a canal, staging the death as drowning. The police initially believed it was an accidental drowning, but suspicions arose when Amit’s bike was found nearby. Further investigation led to Afsana and Mehtab’s arrest, and they confessed to the murder, revealing the motive behind the crime.
Case 17: 19-Yr-Old Killed For Friendship With Muslim Girl By Her Brothers
In October 2020, a 19-year-old Delhi University student, Rahul Rajput, was beaten to death by five individuals, including three minors, in Adarsh Nagar. Rahul, who was friends with a girl from Jahangirpuri, had been threatened by her brothers, who disapproved of their friendship. On Wednesday night, Rahul was lured out of his house by a call, taken to a drain, and brutally attacked. Despite being treated locally, Rahul’s condition worsened, and he died at the hospital. Police arrested two adults, Mohammad Raj, and Mohammad Afroz, along with three minors involved in the murder.
Case 18: Teenage Boy Killed For Relationship With Muslim Girl By Her Family
In December 2017, in Bihar’s West Champaran district, 16-year-old Mukesh Kumar and 17-year-old Noorjehan Khatun were killed in what police have described as an “honour killing.” Mukesh, a Hindu student, had been in a relationship with Noorjehan, a Muslim girl. Her family, angered by the affair, lured Mukesh to their village, beat him, and forced him to ingest pesticide to stage a suicide. Noorjehan was later strangled and poisoned. Police arrested her brother and two uncles.
Case 19: 16-Yr-Old Killed For Befriending Muslim Girl
In December 2020, 16-year-old Anshu, also known as Lucky King, was murdered in Sandalpur village, Patna, by having his throat slit with a goat-slaughtering axe. Anshu had been in contact with a girl from Azimabad, and their relationship, disapproved by the girl’s family, led to tension. After being warned by the girl’s brother, Arman Mallik, Anshu continued to communicate with her, which reportedly angered the family. The boy was lured out and killed.
Case 20: Hindu Man Killed by Muslim Woman’s Family In Bengaluru
In October 2020, a 24-year-old Hindu man, K Lakshmipathi, was murdered in Islampura, Bengaluru, by his Muslim girlfriend’s father, Nizamuddin, and brother, Sikandar, along with accomplices. Lakshmipathi, who had eloped with the woman a month ago, was promised a formal marriage by Nizamuddin but was lured to a secluded spot and strangled to death. Nizamuddin made Lakshmipathi drink alcohol before the murder, and his brother, K Nataraj, witnessed the crime.
Case 21: Hindu Youth Stabbed To Death By Brother Of Muslim Girl For Affair
In January 2020, a 19-year-old driver, Kirpalsinh Jadeja, was stabbed to death in Shikarpur village, Kutch, Gujarat, over his alleged love affair with the sister of one of the accused. On Tuesday morning, Mustaq and Imran, both in their mid-20s, lured Kirpalsinh to a meeting, where Mustaq slit his throat with a knife. Kirpalsinh later succumbed to his injuries.
Case 22: Muslim Girlfriend’s Family Members Brutally Murder Hindu Boy
In February 2018, Ankit Saxena, a 23-year-old photographer from Delhi, was brutally murdered by his Muslim girlfriend Shehzadi’s family due to their opposition to the inter-religious relationship. The girl’s family lured Ankit out by ramming into his vehicle and then confronted him, accusing him of influencing Shehzadi. Despite denying the relationship, Ankit was beaten and, as he tried to help his mother, he was held by the girl’s relatives while her father slit his throat with a butchering knife. Ankit died in his parents’ arms while being rushed to the hospital.
Case 23: Hindu Man Murdered By Muslim Ex-Wife’s Family
In August 2018, Sanjay Kumar, a Hindu man, was murdered by the family of his Muslim ex-wife in Faridabad, Haryana. Kumar had been missing since August 16, after being called by his ex-wife’s brother, Salem, to meet him. The decomposed body of Kumar was found on Tuesday, suggesting the murder occurred days earlier. The woman’s father, brother, and a neighbor were arrested and have confessed to the crime. Kumar and his ex-wife had eloped a year earlier, but the woman’s family forced them to divorce two months before that.
Case 24: Dalit Man Brutally Beaten To Death For Affair With Muslim Woman
In July 2018, Khetram Bhil, a 22-year-old Dalit man, was allegedly beaten to death in Barmer, Rajasthan, over his affair with a Muslim woman from Mehboob Khan’s family. Bhil, who worked at Khan’s home, was reportedly attacked by Sadam Khan and Haiyaat Khan, members of the same family. He was beaten by more than five men in a field, with his hands and legs tied. Bhil tried to escape, but his body was found some distance away. The post-mortem report revealed severe beatings and strangulation.
Case 25: Dalit Man Killed After Alleged Affair With Muslim girl
In May 2018, Jaideep Garwa, a 23-year-old Dalit man from Kotai village, was bludgeoned to death near Palara Central Jail in Bhuj over his love affair with a Muslim woman. Mahommed Aslam Sama and his brother Shamsuddin Sama, who opposed the relationship, allegedly kidnapped Jaideep and murdered him. His body was found with head injuries from sharp and blunt objects. The accused attempted to destroy evidence by changing their blood-stained clothes.
Case 26: Frustrated Relative Of Pregnant Muslim Woman Kills Her & Her Hindu Husband
In September 2016, a 28-year-old man, Shafiq Mansoori, was arrested for the murder of Vijay Yadav and his pregnant wife Priya alias Sufiya Mansoori in Thane. Mansoori, a distant relative of Priya, allegedly killed the couple due to the humiliation he faced in their hometown over their inter-religion marriage. Mansoori visited the couple’s home, got Vijay intoxicated, and slit his throat. He then attacked Priya, stabbing her multiple times, including in the abdomen, killing her and her unborn child.
Case 27: Interfaith Couple Murdered By Muslim Girl’s Family Over Interfaith Love
In December 2014, in Kuchesar Chopla village, Hapur, 20-year-old Sonu Kumar, a Dalit, and 18-year-old Dhanishta, a Muslim, were murdered by Dhanishta’s family due to their interfaith relationship. Despite opposition from both families, the couple married in Ghaziabad and continued meeting. After a failed attempt at mediation, Dhanishta’s brothers and mother reportedly killed Sonu and slit Dhanishta’s throat in front of villagers.
Case 28: Moral Policing By Muslim Lover’s Family Leads to Hindu Footballer’s Death
In a shocking case of moral policing, 23-year-old Jithu Mohan, vice-captain of Kerala’s junior football team, was allegedly set on fire for being in love with a Muslim girl. The incident occurred in Kodungallur when Mohan visited the girl’s residence to meet her, where he was reportedly attacked by the girl’s brother-in-law, Wahad, a police constable, and others. Mohan, who succumbed to his injuries in a Kochi hospital, told authorities before his death that he was set ablaze by Wahad. However, police initially claimed Mohan self-immolated after being denied permission to meet the girl.
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