63-year-old farmer in a village in Surat is looking for his seventh wife after he alleged that his sixth wife refused to have sex with him.

Ayyub Degiya, a farmer from a village in Surat, got married to his sixth wife in September 2020. The woman he married was 21 years younger than him. However, in December 2020, he separated from her because she reportedly refused to share a physical relationship with him.

Degiya told Times of India that his wife had refused to have sexual relations with him and that she would always complain of infection. He said that he had diabetes, heart diseases and other disorders and needed a wife who would have sex with him.

Notably, Degiya's sixth wife did not know about his previous five marriages and was shocked when she found out that she was Degiya's sixth wife. The 42-year-old woman was a widow and was promised home and money by the man. However, he later dropped her off at her sister's house and never came back, prompting her to register a complaint. He has now been booked under section 498-A (cruelty to a married woman).

Degiya's first wife, however, is still very much alive and actually lives in the same village with five children he had fathered. They are aged between 20 and 35.

"He got married to more than five women before marrying me but kept me in the dark. After deserting me, he is now living with another woman even when his first wife is alive. I was told by some villagers that he keeps relations for a few months with women and later abandons them," the sixth wife said.

She told TOI that her husband was now living with another younger woman despite his first wife still being alive. She also said that she had heard rumours that Degiya would be with one woman for a few months before abandoning them.

This is not the first time such an incident has been reported.

A few days ago, a man in Chhattisgarh married two women at the same time in the same 'mandap' in presence of family members and villagers with all the rituals and formalities. Chandu Maurya, 24, solemnised his marriage with the two women, both his lovers, at a ceremony attended by 500 people on January 5.

"I decided to marry both of them because they both loved me. I can't betray them. They agreed they both will live with me forever," Chandu told the newspaper. A video from the wedding ceremony and the invitation card of the function have gone viral on social media.