A 30-year-old man who was running a trust for orphanages and poor children has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a 12-year-old girl who was staying in his trust.The arrested is identified as Vijay Raj, who owns a trust in Chikkasandra in Soladevana-halli police station limits. The incident came to light when an elderly woman spotted the girl crying on the road. When the woman questioned her, she told her about Vijay sexually abusing her. The woman along with local people rushed to the police station and filed a complaint.On preliminary investigation, police said, according to the girl, she had been sexually abused for the last three months. She was studying in a private school. The girl’s mother is a labourer, and left her in the trust as she could not provide her education with her income.Vijay provided shelter to the girl in the trust along with food and education. She told police that she tried to escape from the ashram in the last two months, but couldn’t.The police said, “we are enquiring with other children in the ashram to find out if Vijay has sexually harassed other girls in the ashram. Around 30 children stay in the ashram, which has been running for more than five years. The girl is under medical treatment and police are trying to trace her mother. Vijay has been arrested under POCSO Act.