The investigation by the Mumbai police in the Bulli Bai app case and the subsequent action by their Delhi peers has led to the arrest of four men and an 18-year-old woman, Shweta Singh. But her family insists Singh has been framed. They say she has serious health issues and it is not possible for her to be an active player in a hate campaign of such magnitude.

Shweta’s elder sister Manisha, 21, told mid-day that she did not know that the police would arrest her. “The cops reached my doorstep and told us that she is being taken for questioning. But later they arrested her… the police have no piece of evidence against my sister…she is being falsely implicated in a case which is turning out to be very big and we cannot afford to bear the legal expenses,” said Manisha.