BAREILLY: In a bizarre incident, Ziya ul Haq (48), a resident of Kabir ki Sarai in Sambhal district, was

on Thursday under the newly legislated Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 that criminalises instant triple talaq. Haq wanted his wife Kulsum Jahan (42) to transfer the ownership of her house

, and allegedly pronounced instant

when she refused.

SHO of Sambhal Kotwali police station, inspector Dharmpal Singh, said Haq had married twice before marrying Kulsum Jahan, for whom it was a second marriage.

“Haq is well-off, with more than 10 properties in the city and running his clinic as a BUMS doctor. After lodging the FIR against him under Muslim Women Act, we arrested him from his clinic and sent him jail,” the SHO said.

Jahan, in her complaint lodged with Sambhal SHO Yamuna Prasad, had stated she had been married to Haq for around 13 years. She has a daughter and a son from her first marriage, and an 11-year-old daughter with Haq. All three kids lived with Jahan and Haq. Her house was a gift from her father.

“He had been mounting pressure on me to transfer ownership of the house in his name, but I kept ignoring him. On August 18, he again raised the matter, and when I again refused, he pronounced triple talaq in a fit of rage, to which I retorted that there was no value of his talaq. Then he threatened me with dire consequences if I didn’t vacate my house, and thrashed me in front of the children before leaving,” said a peeved Jahan.