Woman alleges fake divorce against her
AFSHAN HAS alleged that Shiraz Khan, of Shiraz Foundation, has misused her signed paper in collusion with Ifthekar (husband) to create a self-declaration document seeking Khula (divorce).
A woman, Afshan Fatima, resident of Band Lines in Basheerbagh, has lodged a complaint with the police stating that a khula (divorce offer by the wife in Islam) had been fraudulently issued in her name to make it appear that she had divorced her husband Syed Iftekhar, a plumber from Pensionpura, Langer Houz.
Afshan said she had married Iftekhar in December 2019. Due to harassment by her husband and in-laws, she approached Shiraz Khan of Shiraz Foundation for help on September 2, 2020. Shiraz reportedly collected `15,000 from her and asked her to pay another `35,000 for initiating legal proceedings.
Afshan said Shiraz also collected her and her mother’s signatures on a blank paper, apart from a proforma, for enabling divorce. As she could not arrange the extra amount, Afshan said she approached the women’s police station CCS on September 9, 2020, who registered a case of dowry harassment.
Afshan recounted that when police called her husband Iftekhar on December 22, 2020, the husband handed over to the police a copy of the Khula certificate issued by Qazzath Qillah Mohammed Nagar on November 11, 2020. The certificate stated that Iftekhar has accepted and approved the Khula offer from Afshan Fatima on September 5, 2020, and has given talaq-bayin (irrevocable divorce).
Afshan has alleged that Shiraz Khan has misused her signed paper in collusion with Ifthekar to create a self-declaration document seeking Khula. Following this, Afshan lodged another complaint against Iftekhar, Shiraz Amina Mohd Younus (witness) and Syed Rasheed (qazi) with the Humayunnagar police station on January 18, 2021. Afshan said no action has been taken so far.
Chief qazi of Qilla Mohammed Nagar Mohammed Yousufuddin Hussain said they never issue Khula certificate unless both parties appear before them. The qazi said he was ready to furnish all documents on the particular issue. The husband did not respond when this correspondent tried to contact him on phone.