Supaul woman files FIR against hubby for triple talaq

PATNA: A 23-year-old woman from Supaul district on Sunday lodged an FIR against her husband for allegedly giving her triple talaq (divorce) and forcing her along with two kids out of his house.
This is the first case in the state since the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act came into force after the President’s nod to Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill 2019 barely four days ago.The victim, Farzana Khatoon, told the police that her husband Ekramul (28) talked to her on phone around 2am and shouted ‘talaq, talaq and talaq’ thrice. Thereafter, her in-laws drove her out from her room with her two minor kids, she alleged.
Farzana said she reached her parents’ house at Maheshpur village under Sadar police station area of the district with the help of some neighbours. On Sunday morning, she visited the Sadar police station from where she was asked to lodge her complaint with the women’s police station.
In her complaint, she said her ordeal started soon after she gave birth to a female child about four years ago. As the child had developed some complications in her heart, she later died. Ten days ago, she gave birth to twin daughters, which might have enraged Ekramul, who divorced her over telephone on Sunday.
Supaul women’s police station SHO Premlata Bhupashri said altogether eight persons, including Ekramul, have been named as accused.
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One of the accused, Nurul Hoda, has been arrested. He is the victim’s father in-law. Raids were on to nab others involved in the crime.
The SHO said the accused have been booked under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 besides other sections of IPC, including 323, 341, 342, 498A, 506 and 34. The woman was married to Ekramul, a resident of Basbatti village in Supaul district, in 2013, the SHO told this newspaper over phone.
The victim’s husband works in a private firm in Saudi Arabia. “We are trying to obtain the call detail record of Ekramul’s mobile phone to trace him and also collect scientific evidence against him,” the SHO added.
The victim’s father, who accompanied Farzana to the women’s police station, hailed the new Act, which has the provision for imprisonment up to to three years after being convicted by the court of law. The Supreme Court had already invalidated triple talaq.