IPL gambling; Man loses his wife at stake

This just looks like an episode out of the Indian epic Mahabharata. A man from Kanpur , put his wife at stake in IPL betting and lost her.As per his wife, he would beat her up every now and then and once he even asked her to bring Rs 7 lakh from her parents. The incident came to light after her husband's fellow gamblers began harassing her following which she with the help of social activists approached the local police who lodged a case against him. He is yet to be caught.