UP: Man booked for giving triple talaq to his wife in Firozabad

AGRA: A case of instant "triple talaq" was registered in Uttar Pradesh’s Firozabad district on Saturday night after a man allegedly divorced his wife over phone and said "talaq" thrice. In their 25-years long marriage, the couple had 10 children.
The accused identified as Mubarak Hussain, was booked under the newly-enacted Muslim Women (Protection of Rights On Marriage) Act, 2019, for which the President Of India, Ramnath Kovind, gave his assent earlier in the week.The accused was also charged with 498A (Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty) and 323 (punishment for voluntary causing hurt).
The victim Noorjahan (42), who lives in rented accommodation in West Glass Compound of Linepar police jurisdiction, said, "I’m married to Mubarak Hussain for last 25-years and have 10 children of which three are married. Currently I live in rented accommodation along with my children, but often my husband who is habitual drunker assaults and mentally tortures me. He does not provide financial assistance but instead snatches money from me as well as from my elder son who works as a labour.”
"On Friday night my husband returned home in heavily inebriated state and assaulted me when I confronted him for financial aid. Later he left home and gave me triple talaq over phone," she said.
Noorjahan is illiterate and her parents died many years ago.
Sanjay Singh, station house officer of Linepar said, "The accused husband has been booked. Our team is searching for him. Triple Talaq is a non-bailable offence and he soon he would arrested."
Meanwhile on Sunday, another woman lodged an FIR against her husband in Agra's Lohamandi police station, after her husband gave her triple talaq.
Victim was identified as Fareen (24), resident of Khandari, who was married seven months ago to her cousin Jamal-ud-din of Naubasta, Lohamandi police jurisdiction.
Speaking to TOI, Narendra Sharma, station house officer of Lohamandi, said, "The woman claimed that her husband had been physically and mentally harassing her. Three days ago, her husband evicted her from house after giving triple talaq. We have lodged an FIR against accused husband under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights On Marriage) Act, 2019."