Indian man divorces wife by text after she told him she was gang raped by neighbours

An Indian man divorced his wife by text after she told him she was gang-raped by their neighbours. The unnamed  man, who works in construction in Dubai, sent the 25-year-old mum a message after she let him know about her ordeal. It simply said 'Talaq, talaq, talaq' which means 'I divorce you' and has to be said three times for the divorce to become official. The first two times the talaq is pronounced, it may be withdrawn. But the third time it is pronounced, the divorce is final.


Soon afterwards the woman was thrown out of the home where she lived with her mother-in-law who also took custody of her four-year-old son.

the mother-of-one said: 

"When I read the message I went numb. I couldn’t believe what I had read. Just three words; talaq, talaq, talaq.

"I thought that he would stand by my side through this, to help me through the pain of it.

"But I was wrong. He took the easiest way out like a coward and divorced me with text message."

The woman, who has moved back in with her parents, says she has completely lost the will to live after her horrific ordeal. A recent study conducted across 10 states in India has shown that oral talaq delivered through Skype, text messages, email and WhatsApp have become an increasing cause of concern for women.