New Delhi: A man was arrested in Hyderabad on Tuesday for sending ‘triple talaq’ message to his wife though a postcard.

The arrest came a day after his wife lodged a complaint against him.

Mohammad Haneef, 38, a supervisor at a textile showroom in Kukatpally area of Hyderabad, got married on March 16.

A day after the marriage, he left the house and later told his wife, 26, that he was undergoing treatment at a private hospital.

But on March 19, the wife received a postcard in which Haneef wrote ‘talaq’ three times and later called her repeating the same message.

In his letter, he said the decision was taken in the presence of two people.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) V. Satyanarayana to Gulf News that the couple had an argument a day after their marriage when the accused drank mosquito repellent. He left the house afterwards.

On the eighth day of their marriage, he mailed the ‘triple talaq’ postcard to his address.

According to sources in the local police station, Haneef and his wife both were divorcees.

“He did not divorce the first wife. The victim was also a divorcee and this was her second marriage. We are told that the original documents of the victim’s first divorce were not given at the time of her marriage to Haneef. We are probing all angles,” investigating officer B. Ramesh told Gulf News.

Police have charged Haneef with harassing and cheating his wife. He reportedly told the police that his wife ridiculed him a day after their wedding.

The issue of ‘triple talaq’ is in the legal spotlight in India.

Next month, senior judges of the apex Supreme Court are expected to hear petitions by several women who have complained of being divorced on social media and via applications such as Facebook and WhatsApp.

The five-judge Constitution Bench will sit during the court’s summer vacation and examine the question whether the right to religion gives sanction to practices like ‘triple talaq.’

The central government believes that ‘triple talaq’ is a violation of fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution and does not form a part of the “essential religious practices” in Islam.

However, the Muslim Personal Law Board believes that the court cannot interfere in matters of faith.