UP man upset with wife’s shaped eyebrows pronounces triple talaq

KANPUR: A man pronounced triple talaq from Saudi Arabia during a video call with his wife in Kanpur because she got her eyebrows shaped against his wishes.The woman, Gulsaba, has registered an FIR with Kanpur police and the case is under investigation.The incident took place on October 4, but came to light on Tuesday, when she approached the police again with a complaint that no action was taken in the matter.Police said Gulsaba got married to Mohammad Salim of Phulpur, Prayagraj, about a year ago.Three months after their wedding, Salim left for Saudi Arabia to work with a private firm there.Gulsaba stayed with Salim’s parents for some time, but later shifted to her parents’ house. Collectorganj assistant commissioner of police (ACP) Nishank Sharma said that in her complaint, Gulsaba also alleged that her in-laws had been harassing her for dowry.The harassment allegedly increased after Salim left for Saudi Arabia, and she moved to her parents’ house.Gulsaba also mentioned in her complaint that her husband was orthodox and used to object to her being fashionable.On October 4, Salim noticed his wife’s shaped eyebrows while talking to her on a video call, and asked her why she went for it without his permission. In a fit of rage, he pronounced triple talaq and told her now she was free to do whatever she wanted.Gulsaba lodged a police complaint against her husband, mother-in-law and four others.The assistant commissioner of police said Salim had been booked under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 498A (cruelty against wife), sections of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act-2019, and Dowry Prohibition Act.