35-year-old Rehman, son of Ali Mohammad, has been arrested in Rajasthan for giving triple talaq to his wife. He was apprehended from the airport on 12th August, just as he landed in the country. Rehman had divorced his spouse on call from Kuwait and married a Pakistani woman, Mehwish. He met Mehwish on social media and tied the knot in Saudi Arabia. She came to Churu in Rajasthan on a tourist visa last month, where she was warmly received by his family and started living with his parents.
Meanwhile, on 27th July, Rehman’s 29-year-old wife Farida Bano, a resident of Bhadra in Hanumangarh, along with her father, lodged a First Information Report against Rehman for giving triple talaq on the phone. She also complained that Rehman and his family harassed her for dowry and assaulted her. They made repeated demands for either money or a bike. Rehman even told her that he wasn’t going to stay with her for long. As a result, a lookout notice was issued against him as he was in Kuwait at the time.
Hanumangarh police nabbed the accused as soon as he landed at Jaipur Airport. He was first interrogated by the authorities and then he was brought to the police station and the arrest proceedings were initiated the next day. Rehman and Farida Bano got married on 17th March 2011, and have a son and a daughter together. He used to work in the transport sector in Kuwait. The official complaint was registered against him when he took Mehwish to Churu.
Hanumangarh Circle Officer Ranveer Singh stated that Rehman wed Mehwish, a Pakistani woman. His first wife launched a complaint against him in the Bhadra police station of the Hanumangarh district after the matter came to light. She had also hinted that Mehwish might be a Pakistani spy and that there should be an investigation into her. Hanumangarh Deputy Superintendent of Police (Scheduled Caste-Scheduled Tribes Cell) Ranveer Singh also confirmed that Farida Bano, who has been living with her parents, submitted a complaint against her husband.
Notably, the Modi government enacted a law stating that a divorce cannot be granted by repeating the word “talaq” three times. According to the police, Rehman and his first wife Farida Bano previously had a falling out and additional information will become available as the case is investigated further. Mehwish has a 45-day tourist visa valid for India. Many women who were victims of triple talaq have received justice since the law outlawing came into effect. Muslim males were previously able to divorce their spouses without filing for divorce through triple talaq.
