Triple Talaq: Case Registered In Mumbra Few Days After Bill Passed In Lok Sabha
Mumbai: In a big victory for the Narendra Modi-led BJP government, the triple talaq bill was passed by the Parliament on Tuesday. The Upper House passed the bill by 99 votes in favour and 84 against it.
After a few days of the bill being passed, Maharashtra has registered its first case of triple talaq. A 35-year-old man has been booked for allegedly divorcing his wife on WhatsApp.
The police said that after three years of marriage, the husband gave the woman talaq as he was allegedly having an extramarital affair. He was booked around 9.30 pm on Thursday after the woman approached the Thane Commisionerate office in the morning.
The 31-year-old woman told the police that they were married on September 7, 2015. It was the second marriage for both of them. From the first day of her marriage, her husband and in-laws have harassed her, she alleged. Since the harassment didn’t stop, she left the house and went to stay with her parents in mid-2017.
In September 2017, the woman allegedly came to know that her husband was having an extramarital affair. “Since then, the two would constantly fight over the phone and WhatsApp. During this period, she was pregnant and now they have a child,” the officer said.
On November 30, 2018, after a heated argument, the man allegedly texted her the word ‘talaq’ thrice on WhatsApp. He then called her up and uttered ‘talaq’ thrice over the phone as well. Since then, they have not been speaking.
“After the Bill was passed on Wednesday, she filed an application with the Thane commissioner’s office seeking that a case is filed under the new Act against her husband,” the officer said.
The application was forwarded to the Mumbra police and a case was registered under the Act. The man’s mother and sister have also been booked on charges of dowry and criminal breach of trust under the Indian Penal Code.
“We are yet to make an arrest. So far, we have learnt that the accused used to work as a sales executive in Abu Dhabi. His wife claims that he is now staying with his new wife in Vikhroli. We are trying to trace him,” an officer said.
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