'Bulli Bai' app row: ‘Main accused’ woman detained from Uttarakhand

Mumbai cyber police have detained a woman believed to be the main accused in the Bulli Bai app case from Uttarakhand and also arrested an engineering student from Bengaluru in the case officials said on TuesdayPolice had earlier filed a first information report FIR against unidentified persons following complaints that photographs of Muslim women were uploaded for auction on the app hosted by GitHub platformIn this connection a team of the Mumbai cyber police detained a woman from Uttarakhand an official said adding that she was the main accusedThe official however refused to divulge any further detailsA crime branch team is in Uttarakhand and the womans questioning is on he saidShe will be produced before a court there for transit remand and will then be brought to Mumbai he saidEarlier the cyber police also arrested a 21yearold engineering student identified as Vishal Kumar from Bengaluru in connection with the case the official saidBoth the persons are known to each other the official said adding that further probe into the case is underwayThe Mumbai cyber police station had also registered a case against the app developers and Twitter handles that promoted the appHundreds of Muslim women were listed for auction on the Bulli Bai app with photographs sourced without permission and doctored It has happened for the second time in less than a year The app appeared to be a clone of Sulli Deals which triggered a similar row last yearAmid outrage over Muslim women being targeted through the dodgy app the Delhi Police had sought details from the GitHub platform about the developer of the Bulli Bai mobile application and asked Twitter to block and remove related offensive contents on its platformThe police had also sought from Twitter information about the account handler who first tweeted about the appLeaders from across the political spectrum condemned the cyber harassment of women belonging to the minority community and called for strict action against the guiltyTerming the matter serious the Delhi Minorities Commission had issued a notice to city police chief Rakesh Asthana seeking an actiontaken report on January 10It had said the interests of Muslim women need to be safeguarded by nabbing the culpritsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever