COIMBATORE: A man who married two women and attempted to marry a third one was thrashed soundly by his two wives and their relatives at

near Thennampalayam. A video of the incident has since gone viral on social media.

S Arangan, alias Dinesh, 26, from Nehru Nagar near

, worked as a pattern maker in a private firm at Rasipalayam. He married Priyadharshini of Ganapathypalayam in Tirupur district in 2016. He started to harass his wife and allegedly beat her. Unable to bear the torture, Priyadharshini left for her parents’ house at Ganapathypalayam in Tirupur district.

Dinesh looked for another bride and found Anupriya, 23, from Pasupathipalayam in

, through a matrimonial website. Anupriya was a divorcee with a two-year-old son. Dinesh, who married Anupriya on April 10, 2019, began to harass her too demanding more dowry. Anupriya left him and has since been living with her parents in Karur district.

Meanwhile, Dinesh started to search for yet another wife on matrimonial websites. Priyadharshini and Anupriya who came to know about this went to the company where he worked on Monday and demanded to meet him. But the firm refused to send him out of the office premises, following which the two women staged a protest there. When Dinesh walked out of the company, his two wives rushed towards him and began thrashing him with sandals. Their relatives too assaulted him.

The Sulur police and the all women police,

, are conducting an inquiry.