By Prachi Pinglay
BBC News, Mumbai

An Indian man has been arrested in the city of Mumbai for forgery, cheating and polygamy after he married six women over the past two years, police say.

Tushar Waghmare, an engineer with Air India, allegedly kept all his wives in the dark about their counterparts.

He was arrested when his sixth wife filed a complaint after investigating his whereabouts, only to discover another wife.

He is being kept in police custody until 29 August.

Police said that he had told his wives he was divorced and had shown them a fake legal document.

“It is surprising that none of his previous wives did a background check on his antecedents,” Mumbai police officer RM Vatkar told the BBC.

He would tell them he was travelling and then go on to another wife’s home, Mr Vatkar said. Police say that some of his wives were well-educated and had jobs to support themselves.

But his latest wife became suspicious about his frequent travels and, after investigating his whereabouts, discovered he had another wife.

When she lodged a complaint with the police, details about his other marriages emerged.

Some newspaper reports say he has married 14 women since 2006.

But police told the BBC that they were only aware of six wives.