Bhubaneswar, March 17 -- A groom was reportedly picked up by the police from his wedding procession in Odisha's Sundargarh district for cheating another woman on the pretext of marriage.

The groom, Bishnu Pinga of Bamra in Sambalpur district, has been detained by Dharuadihi police in Sundargarh for cheating his lover six years ago.

As per the complaint, Bishnu had developed a relationship with a woman of Sundargarh around seven years ago. He had kept physical relation with the woman on the promise of marriage.

Bishnu allegedly ditched the woman after she got impregnated around six year ago and left for Chennai without informing anything to the latter. He had also changed his phone number, sources said.

The woman gave birth to a baby b...