A 27-year-old man has incurred the wrath of the Indian state women's commission, adalat, after he left his 21-year-old wife of ten days for Dubai.
According to The Times of India, the wife who is a college student lodged a complaint at the women's commission's adalat in Pala, Kottayan on Monday, October 5 and revealed that her new husband texted her a 'triple Talaq', which signified the end of their marriage, on WhatsApp. Talaq in Islam is the right given to a man to divorce his wife
The report reveals that the man's reason for the divorce was that his wife was like an apple and he had already tasted it. So he did not want her any more.
The girl’s mother reportedly had paid the groom a dowry of Rs 10 lakh and also given him 80 sovereigns of gold. The unexpected talaq shattered the woman who was enrolled in a dental studies college. She and her sister dropped out college and school, respectively.
The girl returned home from her in-laws' residence when they ignored the talaq. Talaq in Islam is the right given to a man to divorce his wife. The commission is looking into the validity of a ‘WhatsApp talaq’ The incident has stirred some debate among Islamic scholars.