A 60-year-old caretaker at the Ajmer Dargah has been booked for allegedly harassing and pronouncing triple talaq on his 26-year-old wife, believed to be the first such case in Rajasthan after the enactment of a law to punish the practice. The police initially lodged the FIR under section 498-A of IPC, which deals with cruelty against married women, on Tuesday night.

They added sections of The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act, 2019 on Thursday after seeking legal opinion. The woman accused the police of not taking action on her earlier complaints about the alleged atrocities by her husband Salimuddin, but the police denied the charge.