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GORAKHPUR: A case was registered against a man on the written complaint of his wife on Monday for giving her triple talaq after 19 years of marriage when she objected to selling of their ancestral house where she was living with her four children.

As per the written complaint, Shahjahan (42) was married to Nisar Ahmad (45) of Bela village in Chiluatal area in 1990 and she had four children with him. Nisar started working in Mumbai after marriage and often visited his wife in Gorakhpur . However, after 2000, his visits became less frequent as he allegedly developed extra marital affair with a woman in Mumbai. On September 9, he came to the village and sold the ancestral house. When Shahjahan came to know about this, she objected. Riled over her raising objection, Nisar gave her triple talaq. Since then, Shahjahan has been trying to get a case registered against Nisar. When she met SSP Sunil Gupta on Monday, a case under Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 was registered against Nisar in Chiluatal police station. "A case against has been registered the husband on the direction of SSP and we are looking for him," said SSI, Chiluatal police station, S N Singh.

