A woman has accusing her husband of pronouncing triple talaq when was she was unconscious one-and-a-half-year ago. (Representational Image) A woman has accusing her husband of pronouncing triple talaq when was she was unconscious one-and-a-half-year ago. (Representational Image)

A woman has lodged a complaint with the Mahila police station, accusing her husband of assaulting her and pronouncing triple talaq when was she was unconscious one-and-a-half-year ago. This is the first such case in the city since the Supreme Court pronounced illegal the practice of instant triple talaq in August this year.

Rubina Lakhani (23), a resident of Mochi Bazaar near Jubilee area of the city, filed the complaint with Mahila Police on Thursday evening. In her complaint, Rubina stated that around one-and-a-half-year ago, her husband Afzal Lakhani beat her up severely over domestic quarrel. Due the beating, the woman claimed that she fell unconscious. “When I regained consciousness, my in-laws asked me to leave my home as, they claimed, my husband had divorced me by pronouncing talaq thrice. I argued that I was unconscious and that I had heard nothing of sort. But, they did not listen to me and asked me to leave,” Rubina, mother of a three-year-old boy, stated in the complaint.

She further said that since then, she had been living with her parents in Mochi Bazaar.

Police said that Rubina had married Afzal around five years ago. “They had domestic issues and would often lead to physical assaults. Based on her complaint, we have registered an offence under various sections of the IPC,” Bhura Vadhiya, inspector at Mahila Police Station, said on Friday.

The police have booked Afzal, his parents, sister and maternal grandfather for the alleged offence.

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