Lucknow, Dec 16 (IANS) A man in western Uttar Pradesh allegedly gave away his 32-year-old wife to a fellow gambler after he lost a card game, police said Wednesday.
The incident came to light when the woman, a resident of Billauchpura village in Baghpat district, about 400 km from Lucknow, managed to escape from the house of the man to whom her husband lost the game, police added.

“The woman, who approached us Tuesday, has alleged that her husband Raheesu had used her as a stake after he lost all his money in gambling,” a police official told reporters in Baghpat.

“Raheesu lost the game to one Feroz, and thus forced his wife to go along with the fellow gambler to his house.”

According to police, both Raheesu and Feroz are absconding and efforts are on to nab them.

Additional Superintendent of Police M.P. Singh has ordered an inquiry into the matter.

“The case is a shocking one. We have initiated an inquiry into the matter and promise to take strict action against those behind the incident,” he said.