The police have registered the city's first case of triple talaq since the central government criminalised the practice two weeks ago. The Nagpada cops, on Wednesday, booked Sayyed Anwar Ali, 39, for giving instant divorce to his wife in November last year. He has since been absconding. A resident of Nagpada, Jasmine (name changed) married Ali in 2005. When she moved to her in-laws' home in Ahmednagar, she learnt that Ali was unemployed and financially dependent on his parents. Dejected, she returned to Mumbai and took up a job as a dietician in a reputable firm. The 37-year-old started living in a flat at Nagpada owned by her father. "Ali, too, came to Mumbai and tried his luck at petty businesses with the money borrowed from his father-in-law. However, he failed miserably. He then started asking his wife for money and would pick up fights with her and abuse her when she refused," said a cop.

Meanwhile, in 2009, Jasmine gave birth to twin girls."Ali would make frequent trips between Mumbai and Ahmednagar. A few years after their daughters' birth, he took them to Ahmednagar," said a police officer from Nagpada police station. "Later, Jamsine brought one of her children to Mumbai when she contracted tuberculosis. The relationship between the couple kept deteriorating as Ali continued to live off her and her parents' income," the cop added. Ali finally pronounced triple talaq to Jasmine following an intense argument in November 2018. However, Jasmine tried to make peace with her husband, the police said. When several attempts failed, Jasmine finally filed a complaint against Ali under the new law on Wednesday evening.