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INDIA’S leading Muslim legal body has ordered a mother of five to separate from her husband and leave her village and children after she was allegedly raped by her father-in-law.
Imrana Ilahi, 28, alleges that she was raped by Mohammed Ali, 60, at her in-laws’ home in rural Uttar Pradesh while her husband was away. The village council ruled that she should divorce her husband, give up her children, who are aged seven to two, and become her father-in-law’s second wife.
Local clerics backed the ruling, sparking a storm of protest. Mrs Ilahi appealed to the All India Muslim Personal Law Board after it condemned the decision. The board ruled on Monday that, although Mrs Ilahi should not have to marry her alleged attacker, she must be divorced from her husband and return to her parents’ village. Further, her husband should be given custody of their children.
“Imrana’s conjugal relationship with her husband stood dissolved since she had been raped by the latter’s blood relative,” Begum Naseem Iqtader Ali, the lone female member of the board, said.Mrs Ilahi’s children remain at her in-laws’ home.
“Let the mullahs look after my children,” she said.
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