Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Monday arrested a 22-year-old domestic help on charges of raping a woman and her minor daughter at their residence by blackmailing them with their nudes in Bhubaneswar, officials said.
Police arrested the accused on Monday and produced him in a local court. (Representational image)
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According to a complaint lodged by the woman, the accused, a resident of Jajpur district, had secretly recorded some photos and videos of her and her daughter while working in their residence in Badagada area of Bhubaneswar.
The accused allegedly raped the woman and her daughter several times by threatening them to make the photos and videos viral on social media. He also sent the photos and videos to the woman’s husband.
After the woman lodged a complaint in this regard with Badagada police station, the cops on Monday arrested the accused and produced him in a local court after registering a case against him under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
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Police said the accused has confessed to the crime during interrogation. He had been earlier booked in several cases at Jajpur police station.
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Police said the accused has confessed to the crime during interrogation. He had been earlier booked in several cases at Jajpur police station.
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.
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