The Thane police have registered a case against a man and four other members of his family after he allegedly gave his wife triple talaq and subjected her to harassment over a dowry demand of Rs 4 lakh.

According to an official from the Shanti Nagar police station, the complainant, a 33-year-old woman from Nagpur, is a practising lawyer currently residing in the Bhiwandi area of Maharashtra’s Thane district. The woman alleged that her husband and his family had been demanding Rs 4 lakh or a car from her while she was staying with her in-laws in Nagpur between January and July this year.