A horrifying case of religious persecution and murder has emerged from Dehradun, where a 17-year-old Hindu girl was brutally killed by her Islamist lover, Asif alias Chhotu, and his family. Her only fault—she stood firm in her faith and refused to convert to Islam. As per Jagran, this incident once again highlights the growing pattern of targeted victimization of Hindu girls under the guise of love. Police have arrested Asif and his brothers, Zibrail and Zubair.
Trapped in a love jihad, then murdered
The teenage victim and Asif had known each other for some time, as both belonged to the same locality in Lakhimpur Kheri. Asif lured her with promises of marriage and convinced her to elope with him to Dehradun. However, the girl was unaware that his true motive was religious conversion. When she resisted pressure to abandon her Hindu identity, Asif, along with his family, devised a sinister plan to eliminate her. On January 26, Asif brought the girl to Bijnor, where they stayed for a night before heading to Dehradun the next day. Meanwhile, her family, sensing foul play, lodged a missing person’s complaint. Police investigations, aided by CCTV footage, traced the duo’s movements from Lakhimpur Kheri to Dehradun
Brutal execution in a forest
Realizing that the girl would not accept forced conversion, Asif and his family lured her into the dense Kondoli forest under a false pretext. After walking a kilometer into the wilderness, they executed their gruesome plan—strangling her to death with her own dupatta. In an attempt to erase evidence, they threw her body into a deep ditch, assuming wild animals would destroy all traces. However, the body got stuck on a tree, unknowingly preserving the evidence of their crime.
Asif and his family, believing they had committed the perfect crime, returned home without remorse. But their web of lies quickly unraveled. A joint operation by Lakhimpur Kheri and Premnagar police led to their arrest. It took law enforcement nearly four hours, from 11 PM to 3 AM, to locate and retrieve the victim’s body from the forest.
Torture and possible sexual assault
The forensic team found injury marks on the victim’s body, and her clothes were torn, suggesting a struggle before her death. Given that her body was discovered three days after the murder, forensic analysis will determine if she was also sexually assaulted before being killed.
This gruesome act is not an isolated case but part of a disturbing pattern where Hindu girls are manipulated, trapped in deceptive relationships, and then coerced into religious conversion. When they resist, they often face violence or even death. This latest case from Dehradun serves as a grim reminder of the urgent need for stronger legal frameworks to protect vulnerable Hindu girls from such predatory tactics. Will this tragedy serve as a wake-up call for authorities, or will yet another Hindu girl’s sacrifice be brushed aside in the name of political correctness? A similar incident happened in Jharkhand, where a Hindu Janjatiya woman was brutally murdered by Afsar Ansari, who slit her throat in a suspected love jihad case.
Unfortunately, government negligence and the unchecked rise of Islamist predators continue to create an unsafe environment. Despite laws meant to uphold justice, criminals often escape due to poor law enforcement, mismanagement, and political influence—raising serious concerns about the security of Hindu girls in their own country.
