UP cop booked for giving wife triple talaq
India TV NewsAn Uttar Pradesh police constable has been booked for giving triple talaq to his wife after she refused to withdraw a complaint that her brother-in-law had raped her. The constable asked his wife to withdraw the complaint and when she refused, he gave her triple talaq on the phone, which prompted the woman to lodge another complaint against her husband on Thursday According to police reports, the woman belongs to Sambhal district and her father is a sub-inspector in the Provincial Armed Constabulary, presently posted in Meerut. Inspector Pradeep Kumar Malik, Station House Officer of Bhojpur, where the woman's paternal house is situated, said that an FIR under the Muslim Women Act, 2019 had been lodged against the constable who is currently posted in Bareilly. Besides, an FIR under Section 376 has already been registered against the brother of the constable on the basis of the woman's complaint," Malik said.