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UP Woman Alleges Forced IntoNikah Halala, Raped By Father-In-Law
A case of gang-rape has been registered against the woman's husband, father-in-law, husband's uncle and two unknown clerics, says police.
Updated : September 03, 2018 09:16 IST
The case was registered on September 1 and investigations are underway. (Representational)
Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh:
A woman has alleged she was forced to undergo nikah halala and marry her father-in-law, who raped her, following which a case was registered against five people, including her husband, the police said today.
According to nikah halala, a man cannot remarry his former wife unless she marries another man, consummates the marriage, gets a divorce and observes a period of separation period called 'iddat'.
Apart from the woman's husband and father-in-law, the others who have been charged include her husband's uncle and two 'unidentified' clerics, a senior police official said.
Bareilly Zone additional director general of police Prem Prakash said the woman, a resident of Moradabad district, got married to a resident of Turtipura under the Nakhasa police station on December 7, 2014.
"The woman alleged that she was thrown out of her in-laws' house on December 25, 2015," he said.
Following this, the woman registered a case against her in-laws on January 3, 2016, for harassing her. However, on December 24, 2016, both the sides reached an agreement and she went back to her in-laws' house, Mr Prakash said.
The woman in her complaint said at her in-laws place, her husband, his father, his uncle and two clerics claimed that as she was out of the house, they had a divorce and she will have to undergo nikah halala.
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The victim claimed that she had raised an objection to nikah halala, but the two clerics, brought by her husband's uncle, said that she will be married to her father-in-law as part of the process.
Later, she was locked in a room with her father-in-law who raped her. In the morning, the two were divorced. Soon after, her husband raped her and she became pregnant, police said quoting the FIR. She gave birth to a boy on October 6, 2017.
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The victim has also alleged that she had submitted an application in this regard with the district magistrate, following which she and her family were receiving death threats from her husband and a few clerics.
The ADGP said, "A case of gang-rape has been registered against the woman's husband, father-in-law, uncle-in-law and two unknown clerics."
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