India, March 15 -- A man in Kerala's Malappuram has been booked for allegedly pronouncing triple talaq over the phone to divorce his wife, as well as on charges of assaulting her and demanding dowry, police said on Saturday.

The Kalpakanchery police registered a case against Shahul Hameed, a native of Edakkulam, according to news agency PTI.

The case was filed after his wife, a 21-year-old woman from Naduvattam in the district, approached the police, alleging that she had been subjected to physical and mental torture by her husband over demands for more dowry.

In her complaint, the woman also alleged that her husband had recently divorced her over a phone call in the presence of his mother.

According to the complainant, the accused ma...