Indian police are searching for a man who bet his wife on an Indian Premier League cricket game – and lost.
According to the Times of India, a man from Govindnagar near Kanpur in northern India put his wife on the line earlier this month after losing all of his money on the stock market.
The woman began to suspect something was wrong when her husband’s acquaintances began to harass her.
“Recently, he lost her during an IPL betting game, after which the husband’s fellow gamblers started making rounds of their house,” police said. “They began harassing her on the phone too. Sensing trouble, she finally lodged a complaint against her husband on Friday. The case is really shocking.”
The couple had been married for five years in which time the man had already lost all of their valuables. Police said he was also planning to sell the family house to cover his debts when he decided to risk his wife instead.
