Man uses a voice-changing app to pretend to be a professor and rapes 7 female students in …

Bhopal: He is illiterate but that did not stop him from using technology to commit a series of heinous crimes. Brajesh Kushwaha, a former factory worker, used an app to change his voice. He posed as a college teacher and deceived tribal students from Sidhi district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh into believing that she would help them get a scholarship. Using a female voice, Kushwaha told the students to go to a deserted area where she would send a man to take them to her house on a motorcycle. Kushwaha then showed up, took the students to a forest and raped them. Police said he sexually abused at least seven tribal students in this way. The survivors have told police that Kushwaha wore a helmet, making him difficult to identify. The only identifying feature was the fact that he always wore gloves. This small detail led the police to Kushwaha, who had burnt his hands while working at a rolling mill in Maharashtra. Kushwaha was arrested on Saturday along with three alleged accomplices and the Sidhi district administration bulldozed his house. Inspector General of Police Mahendra Sikarwar said, “A woman came to us and said a man had raped her after luring her to a deserted area on the pretext of helping her get a scholarship. After our investigation, we identified Brajesh Kushwaha, who was arrested. He told us that he used a mobile phone app to change his voice into that of a woman. Three of his accomplices were also arrested.” “The clue that helped us crack the case was the fact that the students’ attacker was wearing gloves when he hit them,” Mr Sikarwar added. A police official said Kushwaha was illiterate but had learnt to use the app and extract numbers from phones to identify potential targets. The cyber cell has also issued an alert asking people to be cautious about misusing voice-changing apps. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has ordered the formation of a nine-member special investigation team to investigate the case and ascertain whether Kushwaha was targeting more women. A woman deputy superintendent of police will head the team.