Chhattisgarh man held for giving triple talaq to wife

RAIPUR: In the first case of triple talaq reported in Chhattisgarh since the enforcement of new law recently, a 29-year old man was arrested in Koriya district for allegedly giving instant triple talaq to his wife Ujma Parveen and also beating her for refusing to give him money.
The incident took place in Manendragarh where Ujma a native of Mau of Uttar Pradesh married to Dilshad Akhtar, 26, lodged a complaint against her husband for beating, harassing her for dowry and pronouncing triple talaq in front of the family.On August 15, Akhtar beat her up when she expressed inability to give him money. He whipped her with belt in front of other family members but no one came to her rescue, she said to police.
She informed her family members and waited for her brother to reach Manendragarh to approach police.
In her complaint to police, Ujma said that she got married to Akhtar in 2013 and he along with her parents would often torture her demanding for dowry. She resisted informing her family and police to save her marriage but it went off board when he gave triple talaq and decided to abandon her.
Koriya SP Vivek Shukla confirmed that Dilshad had asked Ujma to leave the house saying 'triple talaq' following which, a case was registered under Section 4 of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 against her husband. Other sections of the IPC were also lodged against Akhtar and his family members under the IPC for criminal intimidation, obscene acts and voluntarily causing hurt.
Akhtar was arrested and other members were being questioned, police said. The woman is five month pregnant and mother of three children.
This is the first arrest in state under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 after the Parliament passed the triple talaq bill last month and the President gave his assent to it.