Barely a month ago, a Muslim man in UP had given triple talaq to his wife after she gave one of the packets of namkeen he brought to her parents. Now another bizarre case has surfaced in Maharashtra where a man gave triple talaq to his wife because she switched off the fan of the room where he was sleeping.

The bizarre case came up for hearing on Friday night at an NGO Pydhonie, that looks into marital issues through Shariat-based laws.

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The incident had taken place three years ago, but was only brought to NGO’s notice on Friday after the husband complained to the body that his wife had refused to leave the house despite divorce given to her.

The complaint was made over a month ago and "notices" were issued to his wife.

Public Complaint Centre, which provides free legal aid and help to couples, works under Bombay Social Service, an NGO registered with charity commissioner.

"There is a legal and medical cell which provide free services," DNA quoted advocate Javed Ansari . Ansari is part of the legal cell along with advocate Bharat Joshi, chairperson of the legal aid centre. On Friday Night, the 55-year-old and her daughter was summoned by the centre on the complaint of her 65-year-old husband who had divorced her in August 2014.

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"He had asked something from me. Since the fan in the room in which he was sleeping makes a lot of noise, I switched it off. I thought he was not able to hear me properly because of the fan's noise. He got furious, called a neighbour and making one of my daughters and that neighbour the witness, divorced me," the woman said. She is now asked by her husband to leave the house.

The man is now thinking of remarrying. "He was a taxi driver but has been unemployed for several years," one of his daughters said.

"The Mufti of the Haji Ali Dargah has issued a fatwa that the divorce was valid. Now we are trying to help the couple come to a common point," said Abdul Razzak Maniyar, chief organiser of Public Complaint Center.

Maniyar thinks the divorce is valid based on the fatwa issued by the Mufti.

"The two parties want to live separately but that will not be good for either of them. We want to make sure that the woman lives in the same house with her children. I had called some community members as well so that the issue can be talked about but the woman's husband did not come today (Friday)," Maniyar said