ALLAHABAD: Barely 10 days after
triple talaq became a criminal offence, a Saudi-based man was booked for divorcing his wife on phone on Saturday. An FIR was lodged against the accused Ashraf Ali on Saturday. A similar case was lodged with Kushinagar police recently, when a woman was divorced on phone by her husband from Saudi Arabia.
Police said the accused, Ashraf Ali, married the complainant in April, 2018, and was currently employed as a driver with a firm in Saudi Arabia. On August 1, he telephoned his wife and gave instant talaq. Her family alleged Ashraf was unemployed at the time of marriage and sought Rs 1 lakh as dowry to secure a visa for a job in the Gulf, said station officer, Ghoorpur, Vrindavan Rai.
Police said when his in-laws were unable to meet his demands, Ashraf assaulted his wife. Even after Ashraf left for Saudi in June 2018, the girl’s ordeal didn’t end. Demands for more dowry continued.
“When the girl received talaq on phone and told her in-laws about it, they warned her against going to the police and told her to leave the house. On August 8, the girl and her advocate met ADG Satya Narain Sabat, who referred the case to SSP (Allahabad) Atul Sharma. On instructions of police brass, a case was registered under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 along with other sections of IPC.
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