The news emerging from Bhopal, the capital of Madhya Pradesh, is not just about one individual; it is a direct assault on the dignity and security of our entire society. A Hindu youth named Shubham Goswami was forced to live as “Amaan Khan” for three full years – reading namaz against his will, sent to Tablighi Jamaat, fed beef, cut off from his family, and constantly under the shadow of death threats. This is not some Bollywood plot; this is the bitter reality of India in 2025.

 

This is the same meticulously planned “Love Jihad” pattern that has been repeated hundreds of times across different corners of the country over the past 8–10 years.

 

Remember some names that once made headlines and were then buried in the name of “secularism”:

Vishal Gokvi – In Gadag, Karnataka, Hindu youth Vishal Gokvi, on 10 July 2025, leveled serious allegations against his Muslim wife Tahseen and her family. After marriage, he was forcibly made to convert to Islam, compelled to offer namaz five times a day, and forced to send photos as proof. When he refused to pray, he was threatened with being implicated in a false rape case.

Billipuram Nagaraju – On 4 May 2022, in Saroornagar, Hyderabad, 25-year-old Hindu youth Billipuram Nagaraju was brutally murdered in broad daylight with iron rods and knives by his Muslim wife Ashreen Sultana (Pallavi)’s brother Syed Mobin Ahmed and a relative. The couple had a childhood love affair and had married in January 2022 despite opposition from the wife’s family to the interfaith marriage.

Dalit youth Nitin – On 2 August 2025, in Saidhari village of Lakhimpur Kheri, a Dalit youth named Nitin was brutally murdered. His brother Amit was in a relationship with a Muslim girl, which her family strongly opposed. When Amit went to meet the girl on a river bridge, members of the girl’s family (Waseem, Kaleem, Aziz, Aslam, and Pappu) attacked him with sharp weapons. Nitin, who had come to save his brother, was also surrounded and stabbed multiple times; he died on the spot. Amit was seriously injured.

Ankit Saxena – On 1 February 2018, in Raghubir Nagar, Delhi, 23-year-old Hindu photographer Ankit Saxena was murdered in broad daylight by the family of his Muslim girlfriend Shehzadi, who slit his throat with a knife. The girl’s family had been opposing their 2–3-year-old interfaith relationship.

These are only the cases that reached the media. Hundreds of others are quietly closed at police stations with the remark “conversion by mutual consent”.

 

This case proves beyond doubt that “Love Jihad” is not a slogan; it is a calculated, four-stage strategy:

 

1. Entangle in a love trap  

2. File false cases (rape, POCSO) and send to jail  

3. Force recitation of Kalma, name change, and beef consumption in exchange for bail  

4. Dangle the carrot of nikah to keep the victim enslaved for years; if he rebels, threaten to kill him and his entire family.

 

Exactly this happened with Shubham. Ilma’s family first slapped a POCSO case, kept him rotting in jail for four months, then made him accept Islam as the price of bail. Even after conversion, they never performed the nikah – instead sent him to a 130-day Jamaat in Karnataka so every trace of Hindu sanskar could be erased. When Shubham demanded his real identity back, he was threatened: “Become Hindu again and we’ll wipe out your entire family.”

 

This is not the first case – only the first where the victim showed courage and got an FIR registered at Jahangirabad police station. A case has been filed under Sections 3 and 5 of the Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act 2021. All three accused (Abdul Naeem, Abdul Nadeem, and Shama) are in jail, and the Bhopal court rejected their bail, stating: “These allegations can disturb social harmony and the threats are extremely serious.”

 

But the question remains – will everything end with just one Shubham’s ghar-wapsi?

 

No. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Thousands of Shubhams are still living nameless lives in Muslim localities as “Amaan Khan”, “Rahul Ahmed”, “Vikas Ali”. Their parents are still waiting, silently, because they fear for their lives. No one raises a voice because such incidents are suppressed in the name of “secularism”.

 

We must now ask ourselves:

 

– Are we warning our sons and daughters about the mortal danger hidden in interfaith relationships?  

– Are we raising our children strong enough that no one can force them to change their faith by brandishing a POCSO case?

 

Minister Vishwas Kailash Sarang rightly said: “This case shows why an anti-conversion law is necessary.” Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh have made such laws, but now they must be implemented with iron resolve.

 

Shubham Goswami is finally coming home. Welcome him with open arms. Salute his courage.

But never forget – if we stay silent today, tomorrow another Shubham will become “Amaan Khan”.

This is not the battle of one individual; it is a battle for the very soul and identity of our civilization.