Like the Pandavas in Indian epic “Mahabharata”, a man in a Bihar village staked his wife to another villager after he lost his money, land and possessions in gambling.

Umashankar Choudhary of Chaksaid village in Vaishali district gambled his wife, Sunanina Devi, to Manoj Singh of the same village.

The incident occurred last week during Durga Puja festivities.

The victorious Singh demanded that Umashankar's wife be handed over to him.

Soon the news spread in the village and a panchayat meeting was called.

Choudhary was ordered to pay Rs.5,000 to Singh. In turn, “Singh was persuaded by the village elders to forget everything,” Pal said.