<p>A man was booked for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife after coming to know that she was bearing a female child in the Chapra area here, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The woman, Farzana, was forced to undergo a pre-natal test. When her husband, Ghalib, came to know that it was a female child, he forced her to abort the foetus, they said.</p>.<p>Later, he divorced her by pronouncing talaq thrice, police said.</p>.<p>Farzana had already given birth to two girls, they said.</p>.<p>A case was registered against Ghalib and other nine people, including the in-laws of the woman, police said.</p>.<p>The couple was married three years ago, they said.</p>.<p>Parliament had on August 1 passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, that makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence.</p>
<p>A man was booked for allegedly giving triple talaq to his wife after coming to know that she was bearing a female child in the Chapra area here, police said on Thursday.</p>.<p>The woman, Farzana, was forced to undergo a pre-natal test. When her husband, Ghalib, came to know that it was a female child, he forced her to abort the foetus, they said.</p>.<p>Later, he divorced her by pronouncing talaq thrice, police said.</p>.<p>Farzana had already given birth to two girls, they said.</p>.<p>A case was registered against Ghalib and other nine people, including the in-laws of the woman, police said.</p>.<p>The couple was married three years ago, they said.</p>.<p>Parliament had on August 1 passed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019, that makes instant triple talaq a criminal offence.</p>