Basanti Thapa (Rawal), 25, of Waligaun9 has filed a case of polygamy against her husband Dipak Rawal, 28, at the district police office Achham on December 16.

Saying that Dipak married Dhana Khati, 22, of Daiji, Kanchanpur as second wife, she filed a case against him. Police arrested Dipak and Dhana on same day the complaint was filed.

According to Basanti, Dipak had married her eight years ago and they have a six-year-old daughter. She accused that her parents-in-laws inflicted torture on her after the marriage. Working as a teacher in the Shannikot Pre-primary Secondary school in neighboring Kalika6, she has been living separately since April 2009. <