Voice-changing app served as professor; accused raped seven female students

In a bizarre incident in Sindhi district of Madhya Pradesh, Brajesh Kushwaha used technology to commit a crime. Kushwaha, a factory worker, posed as a college teacher to dupe tribal students from Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh and promised them scholarships.

How was the crime planned?

Using a voice-changing app, Kushwaha, a former factory worker, posed as a college teacher to deceive tribal students from Sidhi district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and promised them scholarships. Kushwaha posed as a teacher and instructed the students to meet in remote areas. There, he sent an accomplice to accompany them to his residence on a motorcycle. He then took them to a forest and sexually abused them.

Police investigations revealed that Kushwaha targeted at least seven tribal students using this method. His strategy of wearing a helmet and always putting on gloves during attacks made it difficult to identify him. However, it was this consistent wearing of gloves that ultimately led authorities to Kushwaha, who had previously suffered burns on his hands while working at a rolling mill in Maharashtra.

Kushwaha was arrested along with three alleged accomplices on Saturday and the Sidhi district administration demolished his residence with a bulldozer.

Inspector General of Police Mahendra Sikarwar noted, “After our investigation, we identified Brajesh Kushwaha, who was arrested. He told us that he changed his voice into that of a woman using a mobile phone app. Three of his accomplices were also arrested.”

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The police attributed the breakthrough in the case to the fact that the perpetrator always wore gloves during the attacks.

Despite being illiterate, Kushwaha was adept at using the app and could extract phone numbers to identify potential victims. Responding to the misuse of voice-changing apps, the cyber cell issued an alert urging vigilance.

The chief minister of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Mohan Yadav, ordered the formation of a nine-member special investigation team headed by a deputy superintendent of police to investigate the case and determine whether Kushwaha was targeting other victims.

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