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HARIDWAR: A 31-year-old woman from Haridwar filed a complaint with the Jwalapur police accusing her husband of giving her triple talaq.

This is the first case of triple talaq from Haridwar city after the formation of the new law.

The woman, identified as Mohseena, a resident of Ahbab Nagar in Jwalapur area claimed that her husband pronounced instant talaq as she was opposing his illicit relationship with the other woman. Police have launched an investigation into the matter.

Incidentally, two triple talaq cases were reported in Uttarakhand on Saturday.

The woman told police that she married Lotan, 50, in 2017 after the death of his first wife and this was her second marriage as well.

She mentioned in the complaint that her husband has having an illicit relationship with another women and she was beaten up when she opposed to their affair.

She said that her husband gave her triple talaq on Friday night. However, police has registered her complaint but is yet to file an FIR in the matter.

Station house officer (SHO) of Jawalapur police station Yogesh Dev said, “A woman approached us with a complaint of triple talaq and we have started investigating the matter.”

