Tensions in Meerut, a major city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh prevailed on Sunday following a Muslim youth and his family had kidnapped a Hindu girl, forced her into a Muslim marriage as an 2nd wife and convert to Islam.

Below is a video of the 20 year-old rape victim’s brave testimony of what she experienced. She states that the rapists said “Hindus will go to hell because they pray to idols and suggested that Muslim students raped her because they wanted to make her a Muslim.” (video is in Hindi):

The Hindu victim later claimed that she had seen 40 more girls in the Madrassa (Islamic school) where she was held hostage. She said they have been kept in captivity in a secret underground room. Many in India have become furious after this case due to encountering many other similar cases where Hindu girls are targeted and forced to convert (also known as Love Jihad), and little action taken by Police due to fear of Islamist hardliners. Love Jihad has been a major problem in certain areas around India, where Muslim youth motivated by terrorist groups try to romance non-Muslim girls and then force the girls into Islam, before torturing them.

Allegations are that Nawab, his brother Sanaullah, his wife and their daughter kidnapped the girl on July 23. She was allegedly taken to a Madrassa in Hapur area where she was allegedly raped by Nawab, a Islamic school priest and 4 others. The victim was then forced to sign papers which attempted to declare that she had converted to Islam.

According to Superintendent of Police Captain MS Begh, the 20-year-old woman’s father had lodged a complaint last night in Kharkhauda police station against Nawab Khan, cleric Sallaullah, his wife and daughter for abduction and rape of the Hindu teacher, as per Press Trust of India. Police Captain Begh said, the woman managed to escape and returned to her house on July 30 and narrated her ordeal to her parents. Police Captain Begh also said the Hindu rape victim’s medical examination has confirmed rape and cuts were found on her abdomen. There are some media reports suggesting that the Hindu victim had been ignored by local police after the first few times she had provided her report due to fear of taking action against the Madrassa (Islamic school), as it could trigger riots by Muslims in the area. Once the news got more widespread attention, then the Police were forced to file the case as hundreds of locals demanded action by Police.

Meerut-Hapur MP and many BJP leaders arrived at the spot and demanded stern action against the culprits, due to inaction by the state Samajwadi party, who have been accused of ignoring crimes by Muslim perpetrators to secure their votes as they make up over 25% of the population in some areas.

This story was originally ignored by India English media outlets, but on August 4th the trend #MeerutGangRape began trending in India. This trend put pressure on some Media outlets to post stories. However, major India media outlets such as NDTV and CNN-IBN had not have any coverage on the Meerut gangrape on their homepage. Although, the Times of India covered the story, they omitted the word rape in the headline and only mentioned the forced Islamic marriage. Many Hindus and Indians are outraged because of the favoritism many of Indian media giants play towards specific religions and are often accused as Hinduphobic. Just last week, all Indian media outlets had put priority coverage on their homepage when a Muslim man was accidentally fed a roti during Ramadan.

Will media giants like NDTV and CNN-IBN explain why they don’t put stories like the Meerut gang-rape on their homepage, or will they continue to be accused of being anti-hindu and bigots towards the Hindu population.