Triple talaq : Man divorces wife for getting up late in the morning
Another shocking Triple talaq incident occurred at Nagaliya Aqil village in Rampur district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. Gul Afsha, who woke up to discover her husband Qasim uttering the three dreaded words. Yes, it was “talaq, talaq, talaq” for Gul, who was divorced and thrown out of the house only because she had ‘overslept’.
This comes just ahead of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s plans to introduce the contentious Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, which seeks to criminalise the practice of triple talaq, in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
“He said, ‘talaq, talaq, talaq,’ just because I woke up late,” Gul told.
Merely four months had passed since she married Qasim, a truck driver, defying her family.
According to Gul, their relationship soured within months with Qasim often abusing her physically. Gul could not sleep on Monday night after he again “beat her up” due to which she woke up late.
Azimnagar SHO Sanjay Yadav said that Gul refused to lodge complaint against Qasim, who has not returned since Tuesday. Though villagers said that waking up late could not have been the reason for the divorce, Gul sticks to her claim.
If the Bill, which was cleared by the Cabinet last month, becomes law, a Muslim man seeking divorce via triple talaq-whether spoken, in writing or email, SMS and WhatsApp-will be jailed for three years.
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