MALAPPURAM: A man has pronounced talaq to his wife over phone and a complaint has been lodged against it. The incident happened at Vengara in Malappuram the other day. Veerankutty of Kondotty pronounced talaq to his wife of Malappuram.

The two got married two years ago. He called his father-in-law the other day and told him that he had pronounced talaq to his wife and that had severed ties with her. He also told him that he had married off his sick daughter and had cheated him. However, he failed to return her gold of 30 sovereigns.

The couple has an eleven-month-old baby. He had not visited his wife after the birth of the baby. He decided to detach ties with her as she had fainted once. Her relatives said that they will file a complaint with the women's commission and the police.

The Hosdurg police had recently registered a case against a man who pronounced talaq to his wife via WhatsApp in Kasaragod. A case has been registered against Abdul Razaq of Nellikkatta in Kasaragod.

Razaq sent a message to his father-in-law’s phone pronouncing talaq. He sent the message from Gulf at around 12 noon on February 21.
The woman then filed a complaint alleging severe harassment at her husband's house.