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New low in hate crimes: Several arrested

after ‘auction’ of Muslim women on Twitter

Police seek information from Twitter about the account that first tweeted about

the ‘Bulli Bai’ app; GitHub also asked for important details

OUR BUREAU about the ‘Bulli Bai’ app developer.
The case registered under section
New Delhi/Mumbai
509 (word, gesture or act intended
n Sunday, several complaints to insult the modesty of a woman) of
were received by several the Indian Penal Code in the Cyber
Opolice stations in the coun- Police station of South-East district
try regarding the listing of Muslim has now been transferred to Delhi
women for “auction” on the ‘Bulli Police Intelligence Fusion and Stra-
Bai’ mobile application with photo- tegic Operations (IFSO) unit.
graphs sourced without permission The action by Delhi Police was
and doctored. It has happened for taken based on a complaint by a
the second time in less than a year. woman journalist at the Cyber po-
The app appeared to be a clone of lice station where she alleged that
‘Sulli Deals’ which triggered a simi- her photo was uploaded on a website
lar row last year. No action was taken to target her. The complainant said
against anyone. that she was seeking immediate reg-
On Thursday, Intelligence Fu- istration of FIR and immediate in-
sion and Strategic Operations unit Neeraj Bishnoi, one of the main conspirators in the ‘Bulli Bai’ case, arrives at the Delhi airport vestigation against unknown people
(IFSO), Special Cell of Delhi Police who are seeking to harass and insult
arrested the main conspirator of the after being arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell from Assam. (ANI Photo/Prateek Kumar) Muslim women on social media and
‘Bulli Bai’ case from Assam. KPS the internet.
Malhotra, Deputy Commissioner of Earlier, an engineering student
Police (DCP) IFSO Delhi, informed, from Bengaluru, a young girl from
“Neeraj Bishnoi, arrested from As- Uttarakhand and one of her friends
sam by Delhi Police Special Cell’s has been arrested by Mumbai Police
IFSO team, is the main conspirator in connection with the ‘Bulli Bai’ app
and creator of ‘Bulli Bai’ on GitHub case, informed police on Wednes-
and the main Twitter account hold- day. “Three people have been arrest-
er of the app. He is being brought to ed in the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case, includ-
Delhi Neeraj Bishnoi (20) is a resi- ing Vishal Kumar Jha and Shweta
dent of Digambar area of Assam’s Singh. The third accused is Shwe-
Jorhat. He is a BTech student of Vel- ta’s friend,” said Hemant Nagrale,
lore Institute of Technology, Bhopal: Mumbai Police Commissioner.
IFSO After the 18-year-old woman was
The Bulli Bai case was trans- arrested by the Mumbai police in con-
ferred to the IFSO on Wednesday. nection with the Bulli Bai app contro-
Earlier, an engineering student versy, veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar
from Bengaluru, a young girl from expressed his opinion on the same,
Uttarakhand, and one of her friends Lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar has asked for leniency for the 18-year-old girl arrested in the case urging people to forgive her as the
has been arrested by Mumbai Police young girl reportedly lost her parents
in connection with the ‘Bulli Bai’ app based on complaints that doctored Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a to cancer and COVID-19 recently.
case, informed police on Wednes- photographs of women were up- tweet on Sunday said, “Government Akhtar, who has been actively
day. “Three people have been arrest- loaded for auction on the ‘Bulli Bai’ of India is working with police orga- sharing his opinions on the case, took
ed in the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case, includ- application hosted on the GitHub nizations in Delhi and Mumbai on to his Twitter handle on Wednesday
ing Vishal Kumar Jha and Shweta platform. this matter.” to ask netizens to show compassion
Singh. The third accused is Shwe- On Sunday, West Mumbai Cy- Meanwhile, Dehli Police has and forgive the girl. He tweeted, “If
ta’s friend,” said Hemant Nagrale, ber Police station registered a case sought information from Twitter “ bully bai” was really mastermind-
Mumbai Police Commissioner. against the ‘Bulli Bai’ app developers about the account that first tweet- ed by an 18-year-old girl who has re-
Vishal Kumar has been sent to and Twitter handles that promoted ed about the ‘Bulli Bai’ app and has cently lost her parents to cancer and
police custody till January 10 by a the app. asked it to remove offensive content Corona I think the women or some
Bandra court and Shweta Singh is on After both the Delhi and Mum- related to the controversy, sources of them meet her and like kind el-
a transit remand. Mumbai Police on bai police lodged FIR in the matter informed on Monday. ders make her understand that why
Monday filed a first information re- under relevant sections, Union Min- The police have also sought in- whatever she did was wrong. Show
port (FIR) against unknown persons ister for Electronics and Information formation from GitHub platform her compassion and forgive her.”

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