Goa, Aug. 17 -- Verna Police have registered an FIR against Derrick Vales, the 38-year-old acting sarpanch of Sancoale, after directions from a Vasco court. The complaint was filed by his second wife, who alleged that Vales misled her into believing that his first marriage had been legally dissolved before marrying her.

Records show that Vales married his first wife in 2012 and entered a second marriage in July 2021 under the Indian Christian Marriage Act at the Mantralaya marriage registrar in Mumbai, without divorcing his first wife.

The complainant stated that Vales provided documents falsely indicating that his first marriage had ended, prompting her to consent to the marriage and engage in sexual relations under the belief that she...