Triple Talaq Petitioner Threatened for Attending 'Hanuman Chalisa' Event in Hijab

Hanuman Chalicha

Guwahati, July 18, 2019:

The petitioner in the triple talaq case in the Supreme Court, Ishrat Jahan has filed a police complaint alleging that she has been threatened and verbally abused for attending a Hanuman Chalisa recital while wearing a hijab.

As per reports, Ishrat Jahan accused her brother-in-law and landlord of threatening and abusing her for taking part in the religious function in her police complaint at Golabari police station in Howrah.

Ishrat Jahan stated that she attended a 'Hanuman Chalisa Paath' organized by BJP supporters in front of the AC market at Howrah.

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Reportedly, she told police that the incident happened when she was returning home after picking up her son from school and around 100 people surrounded her and objected to her presence at the Hindu religious event in a hijab.

Mother to a 14-year-old daughter and 8-year-old son, Jahan is one of the five petitioners in the case against instant triple talaq. The practice of instant triple talaq was struck down by the Supreme Court on August 22, 2017. She moved the SC after her husband divorced her over the phone from Dubai by uttering the word 'talaq' thrice consecutively in 2014.