A senior citizen, who was upset with his wife for abandoning him, exacted 'revenge' by pasting her nude pictures all over the town near Bengaluru. He is now cooling his heels behind the bars after the woman lodged a police complaint against him.

The incident took place in Bangarpete, 82kms from Bengaluru, near the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) over the weekend. The posters were removed and burnt by the woman's family members and relatives.

According to the police, Venkatappa (65) had two wives because of which there were frequent altercations in the family. His first wife (50-yearsold) recently left home with her grown-up daughter and vowed to return only if her husband ended his other affair. However, Venkatappa swore in public that he would defame his wife for abandoning him. He also told her than he would not abandon his second wife.

In order to humiliate his wife, Venkatappa came up with a the plan.

"He might have taken his wife's nude pictures when they were on good terms. He enlarged the pictures, printed and pasted them on walls across the town. Relatives of the woman were shocked to see the pictures on display in public. They immediately alerted her and also removed the posters. They showed the posters as evidence of his cheap act on the basis of which we have registered the FIR," the Bangarpet police said.

Later, the police arrested Venkatappa, who reportedly confessed to have posted the pictures of his wife in anger. He has been married for over 30 years and even has a granddaughter. The incident had shocked the Bangarpet's residents, who wanted to teach Venkatappa a lesson. Sensing trouble, the police shifted Venkatappa to a jail in a neighbouring town.

On hearing about Venkatappa's plight, his second wife too abandoned him. Venkatappa's first wife had named the second wife in her complaint. The police are now searching for Venkatappa's second wife. The police are also on the lookout for the person, who helped Venkatappa in printing his wife's enlarged pictures.