The woman who had filed a petition, against ‘triple talaq’ and ‘halala’ in the apex court has become a victim of acid attack and being treated in a hospital in Meerut. The incident took place on the morning of September 13 when she was going to the office of the senior superintendent of police, Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh to register a complaint.
According to cops investigating the matter, Shabnam Rani, the victim, was married about 12 years ago in Bulandshahr. About one and half years ago, her husband divorced her through triple talaq. Post this, she was forced to perform nikah halala with her brother-in-law. Following this, she had filed a petition against nikah halala in the Supreme Court, while staying with her in laws in Bulandshahr district.
Nikah halala is a practice in Islam where the wife, post divorce has to get married to another man, conssumate the marriage and divorce that invidual before the first husband can get married to her again.
A day before the incident, the victim had a fight with her in-laws but the police intervened and both the parties had come to a compromise. According to police, next morning when she was on her way to register a complaint, her brother in law threw acid on her.
The police have arrested her brother-in-law Mohammed Mujhahid and ex village pradhan, Hamid Ali, in this connection. The SSP Bulandshahr K.B Singh has confirmed the arrest. According to Nida Khan, head of Ala Hazrat helping Society, that has been fighting for the cause of Muslim women on the issue of triple talaq and halala, the society would put this matter before the chief minister Yogi Adityanath and would demand stern action against culprits.
She said that the women are not safe and repeated acid attacks on them have been going on unabated. Acid is being used as a tool to supress their voice. The government needs to be more strict in this regard.
