Triple Talaq via audio recording on Whatsapp: Bharuch Police book one

Bharuch: A Muslim woman has filed complaint at Palej Police Station against her husband residing in Saudi Arabia for giving her triple talaq via an audio recording on WhatsApp. It is the first case of triple talaq registered in Bharuch after the implementation of Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 banning triple talaq.

The accused Hussain Ayyub Diwan had given triple talaq to the victim woman residing in Tankariya village of Bharuch taluka by speaking ‘Talaq’ thrice over an audio recording on WhatsApp after abusing and fighting with her on a phone call. The accused gave triple talaq after the in-laws of the victim woman complained about her to him after abusing and beating her during a fight on 4th August 2021. Palej Police has also filed a crime against the victim woman’s father-in-law Ayyub Ismail Diwan, mother-in-law Zenamben Ismail Diwan, sister-in-law Sumaiyaben Jawed Usmanbhai Diwan and sister-in-law’s husband Jawed Usmanbhai Diwan for beating, abusing and torturing her physically and mentally. Police has filed crime against the accused husband under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019.

The accused and victim woman had married 15 years ago and have a daughter and a son. The accused had shifted to Saudi Arabia one and a half years ago and the victim woman was living with her children and in-laws in Tankariya village. The woman complained that her in-laws and husband frequently torcher and abuse her. She had filed a complaint at Palej Police Station against her husband and in-laws after the triple-talaq by the accused. DeshGujarat