Bhubaneswar, May 5: Police arrested a domestic help here for allegedly sexually assaulting the house owner's wife and minor daughter, an officer said. The woman had lodged a written complaint with Badagada police station on Saturday and the accused identified as Saroj Kumar Behera of Jajpur district was arrested on Sunday, the officer said. The police said the accused works as a domestic help in the house of the complaint. While working, the accused took photos and videos of the complainant and her minor daughter and started blackmailing them, the police said quoting the FIR. Odisha Shocker: Police Arrests Relative for Raping and Killing 4-Year-Old Minor Girl in Ganjam.

Later, the accused allegedly blackmailed them. He allegedly raped them on multiple occasions in the last few weeks by threatening to make their obscene photos and videos viral. During interrogation, the accused confessed to his crime, the officer said. The police found during investigation that there was already a case in the name of the accused in Jajpur police station. Further investigation into the case is currently underway, police said, adding that he was arrested under different sections of BNS, IT Act and POCSO Act.

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