20 Wives, 20 Fiances: Will It Be 20 Years?
From Reuters
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka —
A Sri Lankan man who married 20 women and was engaged to 20 more has been arrested, the Sunday Observer newspaper reported.
It said a court was told that the 38-year-old man duped the women--including clerks, teachers and a doctor--by using different names and other deceptions.
The paper said a friend who planned to raise bail for the suspect changed his mind in court after finding that his sister-in-law was one of the victims.
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