MUZAFFARNAGAR: Police have finally recorded the statement of a triple talaq victim after the woman approached the

district magistrate claiming that no steps were being taken on a case registered against her husband. The woman, a doctor by profession, has claimed that the husband had been pressuring her to undergo

if she wished to live with him.

On June 6, she lodged a police complaint against him after which a case was registered under sections 354 (assault with intent to outrage modesty), 498A (subjecting to cruelty), 504 (intentional insult) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) of the

. However, as police refused to take any further step, she wrote letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and chief minister Yogi Adityanath apprising them of her predicament. As her efforts failed to yield any result, she approached Saharanpur DM Alok Panday on Tuesday and requested him to direct the police to take suitable action.

He said, “The victim has alleged that she was given triple talaq and was being forced to undergo nikah halala. We will provide all possible help to her.”

The woman also added that she would now seek police assistance to ensure that sections relevant to triple talaq is incorporated in the FIR.