Man asked to stay 3 days of week with first wife, next three days with second

In a bizarre case, which has few precedents, a man charged with bigamy has been asked by the cops to stay for first three days of a week with his first wife while another three days with the second wife. The seventh day he will have to stay alone.

Sounds outlandish, but this is the compromise formula that has been reached between the two ‘warring wives’ Meena and Pooja, both of whom claim to be legally-wedded to Arun Kumar.

Born in Buxar’s Raghunathpur, Arun runs a nursing home in Patna’s Phulwarisharif area. In an 11-hour high-voltage drama at Phulwarisharif police station, the two women authoritatively claimed before the police that Arun was their husband. While the first wife said he married her in 1996 and had grown-up children, the second wife Pooja (of Lakhisarai district) produced photographs, videos and voice clips to buttress her point.

“When he married me, I was unaware that he is already married,” Pooja complained to the police, even though Arun kept insisting that she was only an ‘acquaintance’, and not a wife. An infuriated Pooja then threatened that if he continued to lie, she would ensure that he is sent behind bars. This made Arun relent and admit that she was his second wife.

As the verbal ‘slugfest’ continued between the two women, the police remained clueless for about 11 hours how to amicably settle the matter. Eventually, the fight which started in the police station at 10 am ended at 9 pm when the cops were able to help the two women reach an understanding. The two ‘wives’ gave it in writing that they were agreeable to the proposal that Arun will stay with his first wife Meena for the first three days in the week, and the next three days with Pooja. “The remaining one day, Arun will stay alone,” said the police source.