6 Wives in 2 Years? Airline Engineer in Trouble

[pioneer]

By Prachi Pinglay
BBC News, Mumbai

Police in the Indian city of Mumbai say they have arrested a man for forgery and polygamy after he married at least six women over the past two years.

Tushar Waghmare, an engineer with Air India, allegedly kept all his wives in the dark about their counterparts.

He was arrested after his sixth wife went to the police when she discovered he was married to someone else.

Mr Waghmare is being kept in custody until 29 August. He says he married three times and never deceived anyone.

'Surprising'

Police said Mr Waghmare had told his wives he was divorced and had shown them a fake legal document.

"It is surprising that none of his previous wives did a background check on his antecedents," Mumbai (Bombay) police officer RM Vatkar told the BBC.

He would tell them he was travelling and then go on to another wife's home, Mr Vatkar said. Police say that some of his wives were well-educated and had jobs to support themselves.

But his latest wife became suspicious about his frequent travels and, after investigating his whereabouts, discovered he had another wife.

When she lodged a complaint with the police, details about his other marriages emerged.

Some newspaper reports say Mr Waghmare has married 14 women since 2006. But police told the BBC that they were only aware of six wives.

[ms da binsi]

a very deceiving face! buotan kaayo tan awon! unsa sad tig pangolekta ug asawa?

[hubag bohol]

I remember a news item several years ago about an airline pilot who did the same thing. I was struck by that story because it mentioned that most of his victims were Asian women representing cultures where wives seldom question their husbands.

In hindsight, makaingon man pud ta ani nga we're in the wrong profession, not being in the airline business that requires one to make frequent trips, he he.

[janjan]

hala oy ka busy kaha ani nija liman 6 wives in 2 years

[AsPo]

jan by schedule na lang.monday to sat,unja ija rest day sunday,pwede siya mangita og usa pa.kay naa pay bakante nga one day.

[bugsay]

mokiskis ko sa kuko aning tawhana...

[AsPo]

ngano man bugsay magpalina ka aron matakdan..hahahahah

[janjan]

jan by schedule na lang.monday to sat,unja ija rest day sunday,pwede siya mangita og usa pa.kay naa pay bakante nga one day.

hahaha ay day off siguro na nija sunday

[bugsay]

Joke lang bitaw........langga nako ang misis, so nganong mangita pa man ko'g lain? mangita gyud ko'g laing problema?...heheheh

[lindy]

nasobrahan ra sab to niya maong nipiyait ang usa kay wala maayo pagkabahin.

[jorgeanna]

good for him... bad for the women.....

[buwadsanga]

mag pa muslim nalang sija aron way problema....

[hubag bohol]

Muslim na man tingali ni sijang daan. Basin gusto nija kada asawa pun-an pa. 6x4=24 maximum, he he.

[bol-anon nga cebuano]

i think hindu ni siya kay taga mumbai man.

[hubag bohol]

From his name and place of residence, yes, he's most probably Hindu. But there's a significant Muslim population in Mumbai, significant enough for the riots in the early 90s to occur--the riots which served as a backdrop to an episode in Slumdog Millionaire.

[slackware]

pangwarta man na iyaha kay sa india ang mga babae may mohatag ug dowry sa lalake inig menyo. the more wives, the more money.