The Madhya Pradesh Police arrested a serial rapist who posed as a woman college teacher and trapped girls, serially in tribal areas, in connection with scholarship funds. Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into the case.
So far, seven cases of rape have come to the fore. Four more girls lodged complaints and more cases are expected.
The police identified the accused Brajesh Prajapati who used a voice-changing app to sound like a woman while talking to his potential victims on phone. His associates- Lavkush Prajapati, Rahul Prajapati and Sandeep Prajapati were also arrested.
According to the police, Prajapati called girl students while posing as a woman college teacher from a collage at Tikari, and asked them to meet so that they could get a scholarship. He used to tell them that 'Her son' will take them to her house, the caller would tell the girls. After committing the crime, he used to snatch away the girl's mobile phone.
The police seized 16 mobile phones were recovered from them. One of them was a college student and got numbers of girls from a college WhatsApp group.
The first case of rape, kidnapping, assault and robbery was registered on May 16 following an incident of May 13. Two more cases were registered on May 18 and May 23 over crimes that had taken place on May 4 and May 20, respectively. Another FIR was registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on May 19 over a crime that had taken place on April 15.
Prajapati's house at Panwar village in the district was demolished following the arrest.
A nine-member SIT headed by Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) of Kusmi, Roshni Singh Thakur will submit its report in seven days.
