Man divorces wife through newspaper advertisement

Hyderabad: The city police have registered a case of cheating and harassment against a non-resident Indian who allegedly divorced his wife through a newspaper advertisement. Mohd Mustaquddin, the accused, married the complainant, a 25-year-old woman, in January 2015 and took her to Saudi Arabia where he worked, the police said. Last month the couple, with their 10-month-old baby, returned here, and Mustaquddin then went back to Saudi Arabia. His wife lodged a complaint with Moghalpura police here alleging that Mustaquddin had divorced her through an advertisement published in a local Urdu newspaper. Before that he had been harassing her for dowry of Rs 20 lakh, said Assistant Commissioner of Police S Gangadhar. According to the complainant, after he returned to Saudi Arabia, her in-laws barred her from entering their house. Two days ago she saw an advertisement in an Urdu newspaper, placed by her husband’s lawyer, which stated that Mustaquddin had given her `talaq’.Police registered a case under IPC sections 498 (A) (husband or relative of husband subjecting woman to cruelty), 420 (cheating) and 506 (criminal intimidation) against Mustaquddin. (PTI)