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ROORKEE: A Muslim woman from Bhagwanpur near Roorkee has registered a case against her husband and in-laws alleging that they tried to kill her for not fulfilling their dowry demand, and when they couldn’t succeed, her husband divorced her by pronouncing triple talaq.

On the basis of the woman’s complaint, police have booked four persons, including her husband and in-laws on Thursday. “We have registered a case against four persons under sections 307 (attempt to murder), 498-A (cruelty for dowry), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 504 (intentional insult to breach the peace). A probe has also been launched into the case,” said Bhagwan Mehar, station house officer (SHO) of Bhagwanpur police station.

Jabbar Hasan , a native of Jahidpur village of Deoband , had married his elder daughter, now 30, to Hussain Ahmad of Kishanpur village in Roorkee in 2012.

Hasan told TOI, “The husband and in-laws of my daughter had been demanding money as dowry for a long time. I also gave them a lot of money over a period of time. But, when I could not fulfill their demand this time, they tried to kill my daughter. And when they failed in their attempt, her husband gave her triple talaq."

“Someone told us about the condition of my sister over phone, so we rushed to Kishanpur. When we reached there they started abusing us. Her husband, Ahmad, told us that he has given triple talaq to my sister,” said Mohammad Khalid , brother of the dowry victim.

“They tried to kill my sister and she was beaten badly,” he said.