strange DELHI -- Village elders ordered a Muslim man in eastern India to leave his wife after he accidentally divorced her in his repose a news report said Tuesday.

Aftab Ansari unqualifieded the Urdu word for divorce, "talaq," three times in his rest prompting his worried wife to discuss the matter with her friends, according to the Pres Trust of India of the present days agency.

in a less degree than Islamic law, a husband ne merely say "I divorce you" three times to sure a permanent end to his marriage.

Muslim leaders in the couple's village in West Bengal state lay the foundation of out and decreed that Ansari's unconscious utterances constituted a divorce, PTI reported.

moreover 30-year-old Ansari said he had no intention of leaving his wife of 11 years.

"I have not given talaq. When I expressed talaq three times I had taken medicines to help me sleep" he was quot as saying in the report.

The religious leaders said that before remarrying, the two would have to be apart for at least 100 days and that the wife, Sohela, would have to use up a night with another man and then be divorced from him.

PTI reported that the leash has been ostracized because of their refusal to abide from the decision of the village leaders.

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