India, June 12 -- A marital dispute over Instagram addiction spiralled into a police case in Uttar Pradesh when a miffed wife reached the cops claiming her husband's housework demands left her with no time to make Reels.

According to a report in News18, the wife - identified as one Nisha of Hapur district - left her husband after her Instagram follower count dropped. She told the police that her husband's insistence that she focus on household chores was linked to the drop in her follower count.

The incident revolves around Nisha and her husband Vijendra, a resident of Noida. Relations between the husband and wife had been tense because Vijendra had suggested that Nisha cut back on her social media activities and devote more time to dom...