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Indian police book Saudi-based Muslim banker for divorcing Indian wife via newspaper ad

Xinhua, April 6, 2017 Adjust font size:

Indian police Thursday said that they have booked a Saudi Arabia-based Muslim banker for divorcing his Indian wife in the southern city of Hyderabad through a newspaper advertisement.

"The Indian-origin banker, Mohd Mushtaquddin, has been booked by Hyderabad Police on charges of cheating and cruelty, after the woman lodged a complaint that she saw the advertisement in a local Urdu daily on March 4 and also got a phone call from her husband's lawyer," a police official said.

Mushtaquddin and the 25-year-old woman got married in 2015 and later went to Saudi Arabia, where they had a baby girl last year. But two months ago, they came back to India and the woman went to her parents' home after an argument with her husband.

Three weeks later, Mushtaquddin left for Saudi Arabia without speaking to her and even did not respond to her phone calls, the woman has claimed in her complaint.

"If I did anything wrong, he should have spoken to me and my parents. If I was wrong he should have given talaq in front of everyone as he has married me in front of all relatives," the woman told the media.

Divorces among Muslims are common in India through "triple talaq" that allows the men to get an instant divorce by saying the word "talaq" or divorce thrice. Earlier this year, an Indian based in the U.S. allegedly divorced his wife by sending her "triple talaq" in a WhatsApp message.

India's Supreme Court will hear petitions of a group of Muslim women challenging the way of divorce. Endit