Triple Talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan threatened after attending 'Hanuman Chalisa' event
Kolkata, July 18: West Bengal's Triple Talaq petitioner Ishrat Jahan who joined BJP last year, on Thursday alleged harassment and life threats after she attended a Hindu religious event, police said.
Jahan had attended BJP's 'Hanuman Chalisa Paath' (a religious recital) event after which people of her community confronted her for attending the same event wearing a Hijab.
According to Jahan, she attended the event as many Hindu persons take part in Namaz reading events and she doesn't see anything wrong in it.
"Now I am being pressurised and people are suggesting to beat me up and chase me out of the house. I am being abused and threatened with dire consequences.
"I stay alone with my son and anything can happen to me," Jahan said.
She then filed a complaint at Golabari police station in Howrah on Wednesday.
"We have received Ishrat Jahan's complaint where she had mentioned about threats and named her in-laws. Steps are being taken as per her complaint," an officer of Howrah city police said.
Jahan, who was one of the petitioners in the Triple Talaq Case in Supreme Court, was divorced by her husband over the phone from Dubai in 2014.
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Vijay unable to prove majority, not invited for CM oath ceremony: Sources
Chennai: Actor-politician Vijay has reportedly not been invited to take oath as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu after failing to demonstrate support from the required number of MLAs, sources in Raj Bhavan said.
According to media reports that quoted sources in the office of R.N. Ravi Arlekar, Vijay could not prove the backing of 118 legislators, the majority mark in the 234-member Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Despite last-minute efforts to secure support from the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazagam (AMMK), and an IUML legislator, Vijay reportedly managed support from only 116 MLAs, falling short by two members.
Sources said Vijay failed to submit letters of support from the VCK and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).
Later, the IUML issued a statement clarifying that it was not part of the TVK-led alliance.
Meanwhile, AMMK leader T.T.V. Dhinakaran is also said to have informed the Governor that his party would support the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) instead.
Earlier in the evening, Vijay had met Governor Arlekar and staked claim to form the government, stating that he enjoyed the support of 118 MLAs.
