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SURAT: Five people , including husband and in-laws of a 35-year-old married woman, were booked on Friday for cruelty and sexual harassment.

The accused husband was booked under The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act for saying talaq thrice to her when she complained to him about sexual harassment by her brother-in-law. Police booked Zuber Memon, complainant’s husband, his elder brother Ibrahim, brothers-in-law Ismail and Ishak and her sister-in-law Hamida, all residents of Navsari . The complainant is a mother of two children. The woman has alleged that she was being subjected to cruelty for dowry by her husband for the past two years. The woman has alleged that on October 20 Ibrahim touched her inappropriately. She complained to Zuber but he pronounced talaq thrice to her.

(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)

