FIR lodged for triple talaq in Bhagalpur

BHAGALPUR: One Bibi Khurshida has lodged a complaint with Amarpur police station in Banka district against her husband for pronouncing triple talaq on Thursday.
She lodged the case on Friday against her husband as well as her in-laws under The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019 and Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961.
Khurshida, a resident of Purani Bazar under Jagdishpur block in Bhagalpur district, had got married to Md Shakeel of Subhanpur Katoria under Amarpur police station in Banka district in August 2016.Both the families belong to weavers (boonkar) community.
Khurshida told the police that she was given triple talaq after she refused to fulfil the dowry demands of her husband as well as her in-laws. She further alleged that her husband forced her to leave his house immediately after pronouncing triple talaq.
Khurshida also accused her husband of physical and mental torture, alleging that her parents had arranged to pay Rs1.25 lakh to her in-laws recently. “However, another spell of quarrel started at my in-law’s house on Wednesday and my father, who came for reconciliation on Thursday, was assaulted by my in-laws. Subsequently, my mother-in-law and sister-in-law provoked my husband to pronounce triple talaq,” she alleged.
Khurshida along with her father Mansoor Ansari approached Amarpur and Jagdishpur police stations and also met DIG Vikas Vaibhav at Bhagalpur on Thursday to narrate her woes. The DIG directed Banka SP and Amarpur SHO to get the FIR registered immediately and take suitable action against the victim’s husband and others.
Amarpur SHO Kumar Sunny told this newspaper that the FIR was lodged under Section 3 (making triple talaq void and illegal), Section 4 (imprisonment up to three years and penalty) and Section 7 (making triple talaq cognisable and non-bailable) of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.
“Sections 3 and 4 of the Dowry Prohibition Act have also been included in the FIR in view of the allegations made by the victim,” the SHO said.
The DIG told this newspaper that Banka SP and Amarpur SHO were directed to take appropriate action against her husband and his family members on the basis of allegations made by the victim.