One more arrest in Bulli Bai case
Mumbai police made another arrest in connection with the Bulli Bai app case on Thursday. According to police, the accused was nabbed in Odisha, taking the arrest tally to five.
Earlier, the police had apprehended four people, Vishal Jha, Shweta Singh, Mayank Rawal and Niraj Bishnoi in connection with the controversial Bulli Bai app case.
On January 4, Shweta Singh, 18, was arrested by the Mumbai police from Uttarakhand. Earlier on the same day, 21-year-old engineering student Vishal Kumar Jha was arrested in Bengaluru. Mayank Rawal, 21, was nabbed by the Mumbai police from Uttarakhand on January 5.
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On the very next day, Assam's Niraj Bishnoi, who is the creator of the app was arrested by the IFSO unit of the Delhi police's Special Cell.
Bulli Bai came under fire after Mumbai police lodged an FIR following complaints from several women targeted by the app.
The controversial app disclosed the details of several Muslim women, allowing users to participate in their 'auction'.
The Bulli Bai app which is now blocked by GitHub is the second case of such kind of sexual harassment and cyber-bullying that targeted women from the minority community.
Last year, a similar app and website called 'Sulli Deals' was uncovered. The term 'sulli' is a derogatory slang used by the right-wing against Muslim women in India.
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