Police said that the FIR was registered on the complaint of one Raima Yahya.

The first case under the new triple talaq law was registered in New Delhi against a man who allegedly gave talaq to his wife through WhatsApp at Bara Hindu Rao police station, said police on Saturday.

Police said that the FIR was registered on the complaint of one Raima Yahya (29) where she stated that she got married in November 2011 with Mr Atir Shamim. But in June 23, 2019 her husband pronounced talaq three times. She further alleged that her husband has sent a fatwah over WhatsApp mentioning that triple talaq was pronounced on her.

Nupur Prasad, DCP (North) said that a case under section 4 of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act 2019 is registered and the husband has been arrested.

Under section 4 of the new act — passed by Parliament on July 30 — a Muslim husband who pronounces triple talaq is liable to be punished by imprisonment up to three years and fine.