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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Gurupura: Bus-lorry collide near Bellibettu, drivers critically injured
6 Lakh in cash recovered during rescue operation
Bajpe: A private bus and a lorry collided head-on near Bellibettu bus stand on Wednesday, leaving both drivers seriously injured.
According to sources, the private bus was travelling from Mangaluru to Karkala and a lorry was heading towards Mangaluru.
The impact of the collision was severe, leaving the front portions of both the bus and the lorry completely crushed.
According to locals, the drivers of both vehicles were trapped inside the mangled vehicles and had to be rescued by cutting parts of the damaged vehicles using a gas cutter. Passengers travelling in the bus sustained minor injuries.
The injured drivers were shifted to a private hospital in the city for treatment. Personnel from the Bajpe police station visited the spot, conducted an inspection, and registered a case.
Meanwhile, it has been learnt that during the rescue operation, a local resident, Rafiq Gurupura, found around Rs 6 lakh in cash while cutting open parts of the bus.
The amount was subsequently handed over to the Bajpe police. The rescue operation was carried out by locals including Rafiq, Shivarama, Raoof, Fazil and others.
