GURGAON: An man was arrested in an ashram on the banks of River Ganga in Bulandshahr where he had taken cover as a monk after sexually exploiting a woman and cheating her out of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of marriage.

Sector 29 police arrested Piyush Behri on the basis of a complaint filed by the woman in July last year. A case under Sections 376, 406 and 506 has been registered against the accused person.

According to the complaint, she met then man, Piyush Behri, through a matrimonial website when the latter approached her and offered to marry her. He introduced himself as an executive of a well-known MNC in Gurgaon. During their relationship, Piyush took Rs 5 lakh from the victim and bought a car and other domestic appliances for himself. However, after some days he disappeared did not contact the victim.

When the victim complained to police, they referred the case to the cybercrime cell and after the preliminary probe it was found that the accused was a wanted criminal. Police uploaded his photo on a social networking site and got a vital clue from a user. The user told that the accused was living as a monk in Nanhua ashram at Ramghat Narora in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh.

A police team then raided the ashram and arrested him on Saturday. The accused was brought to Gurgaon. He would be produced in a local court later.During investigation, it was found that Piyush is from Patel Nagar in Delhi. He is an MBA from a reputable management institute in Pune and has worked with several MNCs.

