College student held for making obscene calls to teacher

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A 19-year-old college student was arrested by the Cyber Cell of Madhya Pradesh police Friday for allegedly making obscene video calls on WhatsApp to a woman teacher.

Rohit Soni alias Golu, the accused, allegedly used 'virtual numbers' to hide his identity, police said.

Soni hails from Bhilwara in Rajasthan and is currently based in Kota to prepare for a medical entrance examination, police said.

Superintendent of Police (Cyber Cell-Indore) Jitendra Singh said that Soni had downloaded an app from Google Playstore which provided 'virtual numbers' for making calls.

Soni allegedly used this facility so that the calls should not be traced to him, the SP said. To the recipient it appeared that the call has originated in the United States.

When the harassed teacher blocked one number, he allegedly called her from a new virtual number.

The woman then filed a complaint with the Cyber Cell.

"We first sent a legal request to WhatsApp's India office for sharing details about the calls, but when there was no response, we approached its California-based head office in the US and got necessary information," Singh said.

After tracking down the accused, police arrested him Friday.

During the interrogation, Soni allegedly confessed that he used to make such calls to several women after watching porn films.

An FIR under relevant sections of the IPC and Information Technology Act has been registered and further probe is on, the police officer said.