Wife refuses to have sex with boss, Maharashtra man gives her triple talaq

A Maharashtra man divorced his 2nd wife through triple talaq after she refused to have sex with his boss. Before the demand for sex with his boss, the man had asked her to cough up Rs 15 lakh per month to divorce his first wife.

According to a report in News18, Sohail Sheikh, a 45-year-old software engineer from Kalyan, married the 28-year-old in January 2024. Soon after, he told her that he wanted to divorce his first wife, and he needed to pay her Rs 15 lakh per month.

As such, he forced her to ask her parents for the amount, which she refused to do.

Following this, Sohail then demanded that she have sex with his boss. She denied this too. When she did so, he beat her up, and then divorced her on the spot through triple talaq, after which he kicked her out of the house.

On December 19, the woman submitted a complaint against him at the Sambhaji Nagar City Police Station. Later, the case was transferred to the Bazar Peth Police Station.

The police said that the woman alleged she was physically and mentally abused by Sohail. They added that investigations were under way, but arrests are yet to be made.

Recently, a 26-year-old woman had registered a complaint in Thane after her husband had given her triple talaq. She claimed her husband and his family members demanded Rs 50,000 from her as they were not given a dowry for her marriage.

The woman also alleged the accused beat her up by tying her hands and legs and threatened to kill her.

She was subjected to mental and physical harassment, and her husband annulled the marriage through triple talaq, the police said quoting the complaint.

Triple talaq was banned in India on August 1, 2019, when the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act was enacted.