Imam sends divorce notice to wife after brother rapes her | Photo Credit: PTI

New Delhi: In yet another rather shocking incident from Uttar Pradesh, the wife of an Imam at a Delhi-based mosque was allegedly raped by the cleric's brother, i.e. her brother-in-law on Sunday. The incident occurred at Dhandeda village situated in Muzaffarnagar district, said the police on Monday.

As per the police, the woman was later served a divorce notice by her husband. The woman was allegedly raped and also physically assaulted when she tried to resist the attempt at her residence. Station House Officer Jitender Kumar said that the accused was identified as Mainuddin.

Kumar said that the survivor has been sent to a hospital for medical examination and added that her husband was not present at the time the incident occurred. It was the brother of the survivor who registered a complaint with the police on the basis of which an FIR was registered against the accused.

Kumar further told news reporting agency PTI that the woman received a divorce notice from the Imam after her brother committed the atrocity against his wife. The couple had reportedly gotten married last year only.

The plight of Muslim women in the country is such that only last week a woman named Salma Bano was allegedly given triple talaq by her husband for being fat. The incident had occurred in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh and the accused was arrested under the new Protection of Rights of Marriage of Muslim Women Ordinance, 2018.

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