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, Farzana, has alleged that her husband who divorced her through instant triple talaq in 2014 has threatened to kill her if she fails to withdraw her petition. He has allegedly told her over phone that she could return to him after nikah halala with a man who he considers to be a father figure.

"He said he will kill me, pack my body in a sack and dump it in a drain," Farzana alleged. The petitioner who hails from Sikandrabad has forwarded her complaint to the law enforcement authorities. Police authorities from Sikandrabad told TOI that they have started an inquiry to register a case and protection will be provided to the petitioner.

Repeated attempts to contact her husband, Abdul Qadir, over phone failed.

Farzana along with her lawyer shared her ordeal at a press conference in Delhi. The threat came on July 24, a day after she petitioned the SC. Her petition was referred by the court on July 23 to the same constitution bench that is seized of five other petitions. These have been filed by two victims Nafisa Begum and Sameena Begum, and two advocates Ashwini Upadhyay and Mohsin Kathiri challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and nikah-halala.

"For the first time in four years he called me on July 24. He said I must take back my petition and if I want to come back I would have to do nikah halala with a man who he said was like a father to him. He said that the matter will stay within the family and then I could return to him. When I refused he threatened to kill me," Farzana added. Farzana's lawyer, Vivek Narayan Sharma said that they are planning to file an application in SC citing her plight to seek an early hearing.