ஆறு மனைவிகளை வைத்திருந்த சவுதி அரேபிய முட்டவா கைது

மற்றவர்கள் எல்லோரும் ஒழுக்கமாக நபி முகம்மது போதனைகளை பின்பற்றுகிறார்களா என்று பார்த்து அவர்களை அடிக்கும் முட்டவாக்களில் ஒருவரே ஆறு மனைவிகளை வைத்திருந்தது கண்டுபிடிக்கப்பட்டு அவர் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

Saudi accused of having six wives

A member of the Saudi religious police has been accused of having six wives at the same time - two more than allowed under religious laws, reports say.

The 56-year-old was detained in south-western Jizan province, according to the Saudi newspaper al-Watan.

Three of the women involved were Saudis and the other three were from Yemen, just over the border, it reported.

The accused denies the women are all currently his wives and says he has divorced two of them.

Muslim men can keep up to four wives at a time under sharia, or Islamic law, which is applied in Saudi Arabia.

Members of the Saudi Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice are expected to enforce the kingdom's strict interpretation of Islam, particularly regarding relations between the sexes.

Last month, the Saudi authorities were reportedly considering introducing compulsory pre-marriage courses for engaged couples in order to cut the kingdom's growing divorce rate.