Butwal, Oct. 17 -- Radhika Bishwakarma's husband, Dhak Bahadur Kami, brought home his second wife on the day of Teej this year. A resident of Belbas, Radhika filed a polygamy case against her husband and his second wife. The case is pending at the Rupandehi District Court.

Krishna Pandey's wife, who asked her name to be withheld for privacy reasons, also recently lodged a complaint at the Area Police Office in Butwal against her husband for practising polygamy. The Pandey household was preparing for festivities on the 10th day of Dasain when Pandey walked into the house with his new wife.

"I immediately lodged a complaint at the police station," said the first wife. Her husband and the father of their two children is since on the run al...