[Bulli Bai App case] Accused Vishal Kumar remanded by Magistrate to police custody till January 10

A Mumbai court on Tuesday remanded Vishal Kumar, accused in the BulliBai App case to police custody till January 10, 2022..Kumar was detained from Bangalore on January 3, 2021 and was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate Court at Bandra on January 4, 2021. The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police investigating the case sought a 10-day remand in order to conduct a thorough investigation. The police submitted that there are more accused involved in the case. These proceedings were conducted in-camera, in order to maintain the confidentiality of the other accused in the case.The police also sought permission to conduct a search and seizure at Kumar's residence in Bangalore. .After a brief hearing, the Magistrate permitted Mumbai Police to conduct the search and collect documents related to the case. .The case erupted after details of more than 100 prominent Muslim women were uploaded on an app 'Bulli Bai' allowing users to participate in an 'auction', as per a report by HT. The app had appeared on open source platform GitHub triggering outrage.Based on complaints by women who had been targeted by the app, the cyber cell of Mumbai police registered an FIR on January 1, 2022. The FIR was registered against relevant Twitter handles and developer of Bulli Bai for offences under Sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion etc), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 295A (insulting religious beliefs), 354D (stalking), 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), 500 (criminal defamation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of Information Technology Act..The arrested student was traced through the IP address of the Twitter accounts that were used to upload the pictures, as per Indian Express..Mumbai Police has also intercepted a woman from Uttarakhand in the relation to the case. Sources say that they are likely to produce the woman in Uttarakhand for transit remand before bringing her to Mumbai. .Based on the complaint of journalist Ismat Ara, one of women who were targeted by the app, the Delhi Police has also registered an FIR against unidentified persons for offences under Sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion etc), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code.

[Bulli Bai App case] Accused Vishal Kumar remanded by Magistrate to police custody till January 10

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