Auto-driver gives triple talaq to 'ugly-looking' wife

An auto driver was booked by local police here for allegedly giving triple talaq to his married wife as he considered her ugly with crooked teeth. Resident of Hasan Nagar colony of Rajendra Nagar on the outskirts of Hyderabad, Mohammad Mustafa (36) the accused pronounced Talaq three times to his wife Ruksana on 1 October in person and over mobile phone on 12 October, and become incommunicado.

According to the complaint filed by Ruksana (25) with the Kushaiguda police station, Mustafa’s family lied about his occupation and convinced her family that he runs a successful business. However her family came to know about the real job of Mustafa few days after the marriage in the month of June.

“Initially his family treated us very nice. We were all happy and thanked almighty god for bringing me into a nice family,” Ruksana told reporters. She said that all that changed after few days as Mustafa started ill-treating her. “He started saying that I looked ugly as my teeth are showing,” she said. She told police that her in-laws locked her most of the time and didn’t let her meet her parents.

“After I left for parents home and started living there, he came and shouted at us in abusive language, before leaving he pronounced talaq three times and left,” Ruksana said. Again on 12 October over phone, he again pronounced Talaq three times. When she contacted. “He said I have crooked teeth” (Tere Daant opper hein). After that her efforts to reach her husband failed he switched off the mobile phone.

Ruksana’s father passed away long ago and her mother performed the marriage. She met Mustafa’s demands for Rs 5 lakh dowry, apart from a bike and a few other things. Unable to bear with the harassment, Ruksana returned to her mother’s place on 29 July. After she filed her first complaint with the Rajendra Nagar police, they tried for a patch up.

Based on her compliant the police booked Mustafa and his family members under sections 3 and 4 of Muslim Women Protection of Rights of Marriage Act 2019 , and 498 (A) of IPC (Domestic Violence), on 30 October. Kushaiguda inspector K Chandrasekhar said, “Mustafa is absconding. We are on the lookout for him”.