Man rapes seven girls in Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh, posing as ‘female college teacher’

Most of the victims belong to tribal communities.

Crimes against women: In a bizarre case, a man posed as a college professor and allegedly raped at least seven girls.

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The accused has been identified as 30-year-old Brajesh Prajapati. He was arrested in Sidhi district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.

Brajesh Prajapati posed as a college teacher and called the girls to fill out scholarship forms, police said on Saturday.

Most of the victims belong to tribal communities.

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has ordered a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case.

Three of Prajapati’s associates were also arrested, said Inspector General (IG) of Rewa Range, Mahendra Singh Sikarwar.

Prajapati called the students posing as a professor of a college in Tikari and asked them to meet to complete the documents so that their scholarships could be paid to them, the police officer said.

Prajapati told the girls over the phone that her son would take them to her house.

He used an app to change his voice so that it sounded like a woman, the inspector general said. After committing the crime, he snatched the girl’s cell phone.

According to one of the victims, after such a conversation, Prajapati personally picked her up on a motorcycle, wearing a helmet and gloves, took her to a deserted place and allegedly raped her there.

During their investigation, the police discovered that the perpetrator had burns and injuries on his hands and were finally able to catch him.

While Prajapati confessed to raping seven girls, four girls came forward and filed complaints, IG Sikarwar said, adding that he might have raped more girls and an investigation has been launched.

His accomplices Lavkush Prajapati, Rahul Prajapati and Sandeep Prajapati were also arrested and 16 mobile phones were recovered from them. One of them was a college student and had numbers of girls from a WhatsApp group of the college, the IG said.

(With PTI inputs)