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  India   All India  29 Jan 2018  UP: Woman married off to rapist, given triple talaq

UP: Woman married off to rapist, given triple talaq

ANI
Published : Jan 29, 2018, 11:12 am IST
Updated : Jan 29, 2018, 11:12 am IST

As per the victim, she and her father were taken to some deserted place by her husband and was forced to sign the divorce papers.

'She got married to her rapist on the order of the village Panchayat, but soon after that, he gave triple talaq to her', the victim's uncle told the media in Hapur. (Photo: PTI/Representational)
 'She got married to her rapist on the order of the village Panchayat, but soon after that, he gave triple talaq to her', the victim's uncle told the media in Hapur. (Photo: PTI/Representational)

Hapur: Ahead of the Triple Talaq discussion in the Rajya Sabha, another woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur fell victim to the practice.

"She got married to her rapist on the order of the village Panchayat, but soon after that, he gave triple talaq to her", the victim's uncle told the media in Hapur.

"The victim was even mentally tortured and harassed by the accused after the marriage", he added.

As per the victim, she and her father were taken to some deserted place by her husband and was forced to sign the divorce papers.

"They took me and my father to some deserted place and forcefully made me put my fingerprints on the divorce papers and he later pronounced Triple Talaq to me. We want justice", said the victim.

She has filed a case against her husband.

"The matter is being investigated and after that action will be taken accordingly", Ram Mohan Singh, SSP Hapur.

Tags: triple talaq, rajya sabha, married to rapist
Location: India, Uttar Pradesh, Hapur