KOTA: Jhalawar police registered a case of triple
talaq
in Sunel police station of the district on Monday. Police initiated investigation into the matter on Tuesday.
Last week, three cases of the same nature were lodged in three different police stations in Kota city. The first such case in the state under the new Act was booked in
Ajmer
on August 8.
“On the report by a woman identified as Sabira, a resident of Unhale village, we have booked her husband Sager Khan under sections 3 and 4 of the recently enacted Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019,” said SHO at Sunel police station Jitendra Singh Shekhawat.
The victim in her complaint stated that she got married to Sager Khan about 30 years ago and alleged that few years into the marriage, her husband got into relationship with a few other women and even raised family with them, following which she started living separately at Raipur village, he added.
The victim further accused her husband of demanding dowry and added that a few days ago, she visited her husband’s house in Unhale village, and he again demanded dowry from her while her brother-in-law (husband’s sister’s husband) behaved objectionably with her and later, her husband pushed her out of the house while pronouncing “talaq” three times in a row, the SHO said.
Sunel police, following receipt of direction by SP office through mail on Monday evening lodged a case in this connection under sections 3 and 4 of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, and sections 354, 498, 494 and 323 of the IPC and started probe, he added.
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