“He got married to more than five women before marrying me but kept me in the dark. After deserting me, he is now living with another woman even when his first wife is alive. I was told by some villagers that he keeps relations for a few months with women and later abandons them,” said the complainant
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A 63-year-old man from Kapletha village in Surat has been booked for cruelty against a married woman after he abandoned his sixth wife as she refused to get intimate with him.
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Ayyub Degiya, who works as a farmer, is now searching for a seventh wife, almost five months into his sixth but unconsummated marriage. Degiya got married for the sixth time in September 2020 and separated in December after his 42-year-old wife allegedly refrained from keeping a physical relationship with him. “She did not allow me to sleep with her. She used to complain of infection. I have heart disease, diabetes and other diseases. I need a wife who can keep a relationship with me,” Degiya told The Times of India.
Degiya’s first wife lives in the same village with their five children, aged between 20 and 35 years.
When the sixth wife, a widow, did a background check on Degiya she was shocked to discover that he had been previously married five times.
Last week, she lodged a complaint against him in Mahila police station. The accused has been booked under IPC section 498-A (cruelty to married woman). “He got married to more than five women before marrying me but kept me in the dark. After deserting me, he is now living with another woman even when his first wife is alive. I was told by some villagers that he keeps relations for a few months with women and later abandons them,” said the complainant.
Chandresh Jobanputra, her lawyer, added, “In December, Degiya dropped the woman at her sister's house in Rander saying he was going out of town. He assured to pick her up upon return. But he never came back and hence she approached the police.”
Jobanputra added that Degiya initially approached her family claiming that he wants to marry and support the woman as she is a widow. He said it was permissible under their faith. He promised to give her Rs 2 lakh worth jewellery and a house.
Asmita Pargi, investigation officer at Mahila police station said, “Degiya told us that he does not wish to live with the woman as she is unfit to fulfill his physical demands. Further action will be taken after registering statements of all those concerned.”
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