Ahmedabad, July 31
Only a few hours before the Rajya Sabha passed the Bill making triple talaq a criminal offence on Tuesday, a Muslim youth in Ahmedabad practised it forcing his wife to commit suicide by setting herself on fire.
The incident happened on Monday night in old Ahmedabad locality where Mehboob Hussein Sheikh allegedly divorced his wife Sanabanu by pronouncing triple talaq after beating her up. She was thrown out of the house after which the woman set herself on fire. Some people admitted her to a hospital where her condition was stated to be critical but stable.
The woman recorded a statement to the police this morning, claiming that her husband and in-laws were harassing her for dowry since her marriage in 2015. On her complaint, the police have arrested Mehboob, his brother, sister and brother’s wife for domestic violence and other charges. — OC
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