The Aul police on Sunday arrested 35-year-old Junior Engineer (JE) Samarendra Jagdev, a JE of DRDA Jajpur, for allegedly raping a married woman several times after blackmailing her on marriage plea. Aul PS IIC Salil Pradhan said the accused is a resident of Paikasahi village under the Aul police station. The victim was staying near the house of the sister of Jagdev. He later developed relationship with the victim woman’s husband and both started a partnership business. This made him close to the victim’s family. When the victim’s husband was absent, Jagdev managed to keep physical relation with the victim, after giving her drug-laced water and later made porn video of the act. Subsequently, he began blackmailing her with the nude video. Jagdev however deserted victim after she delivered a baby. The victim lodged an FIR on June 30.