Hyderabad man arrested for giving instant triple talaq to wife

A man has been arrested in Hyderabad for divorcing his wife after pronouncing the word 'talaq' thrice. The arrest came days after the victim registered a complaint against her husband on July 13. As per reports, the duo got married in September 2017 and the accused belongs to Mahabubnagar district.

Hyderabad: A case has been registered under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act-2019, which prohibits divorce by pronouncing talaq by husbands of married Muslim women, over a complaint by a woman that her husband allegedly harassed her and also stated talaq thrice, police said on Sunday.

The accused has been arrested after the case was registered on July 13.

As per reports, the duo got married in September 2017 and the accused belongs to Mahabubnagar district.

According to the complaint, the couple shifted to Hyderabad from Mahabubnagar, as her in-laws started harassing her mentally and physically two months after the marriage.

She alleged that in-laws tortured her for additional dowry and gold.

In 2018, she gave birth to a baby boy in a critical and emergency situation and she lived at her mother's home for some months.

She said they later shifted to another place in the city and subsequently, her husband and in-laws committed theft of her gold. When she asked about the gold, they beat her up badly and injury her.

She further said her husband locked her up at home for three months without allowing any communication with neighbours or on mobile phone.

They had tortured her to give divorce to him and, many times, he used the word talaq, she alleged.

In February last, he argued with her and said if she never gives divorce to him, he can do that and said talaq thrice before dropping her at her mother's house at midnight, police said.

PTI