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Ex-monk in trouble after posting nude pics of woman who broke off their affair
View(s):A former monk who posed off as a businessman-student studying overseas and started an affair with a private sector employee has been arrested by the Cyber Crime Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department for allegedly posting obscene pictures of his partner after their affair broke off, Police said.
The arrest was made after a complaint was lodged by the victim to the Cyber Crime Unit that personal pictures including nude pictures shared with her former boy friend had been posted on the Facebook in an attempt to take revenge.
Police said that the 32-year-old ex-monk had started the affair via Facebook when he was still serving as a monk in the Kurunegala area and the woman was employed overseas.
‘He had claimed that he was studying in India and also doing business to support his education. The youth had informed his parents that he was having an affair and that he was planning to marry the woman,” police said.
‘The woman’s parents had spoken to the family members of the ex-monk and given their consent to the marriage, but had not been told about the background of the man,” he said.
However, on return to the country the woman had felt suspicious about the man and visited his family members and come to know that her boy friend had been ordained earlier.
After the girl had decided to break off the affair, her boy friend had got one of his friends to post personal pictures of her on Facebook prompting her to lodge a complaint.