Triple Talaq Petitioner "Threatened" For Attending Hanuman Chalisa Event | Read
Ishrat Jahan, a prominent petitioner against triple talaq or instant divorce, alleged today that she was manhandled and threatened near her home in Kolkata for attending a Hanuman Chalisa reading on Tuesday. She said she faced death threats and had sought police protection. The 35-year-old says she was surrounded by a crowd outside her building in Pilkhana in Howrah city when she brought her son home from school on Wednesday. As she approached, she was heckled and asked why she had attended the Hanuman Chalisa event.
