[Bulli Bai App Case] Man arrested from Assam sent to police custody for seven days

A Delhi court has remanded Neeraj Bishnoi, the alleged “main conspirator” and creator of "Bulli Bai” on GitHub, to seven days of police custody, news agency ANI reported.

. According to the report, Bishnoi was produced by the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit at the house of a Delhi magistrate. The police sought seven days of Bishnoi’s custody, which was granted. Bishnoi was arrested by the IFSO team from Assam.

. Bishnoi is a resident of the Digambar area of Jorhat district and is a B Tech student of the Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal.

. " During interrogation, Neeraj Bishnoi disclosed that the app was developed in Nov 2021 and updated in Dec'21. He said he created one more Twitter account to talk about the app. Using another account he has stated 'You've arrested the wrong person ," ANI quoted the Delhi Police Special Cell as saying.

. Several Muslim women have again found themselves “listed” in an online “auction” as part of the "Bulli Deals" scandal, echoing the similarly despicable "Sulli Deals" that sparked a furore in July last year.

. The Delhi Police 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 (IPC).

. In a related development, the Mumbai Police had arrested a person named Vishal Kumar from Bengaluru on January 3. He was remanded to police custody till January 10 by a local court.

The Mumbai Police had registered the FIR against “relevant Twitter handles” under Sections 153A, 153B, 295A (insulting religious beliefs), 354D (stalking), 509 and 500 (criminal defamation) of the IPC and Section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology (IT) Act.

It sought a 10-day remand to conduct a thorough investigation while submitting that there are more accused involved, after it had intercepted a woman from Uttarakhand in connection with the case.

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

[Bulli Bai App Case] Man arrested from Assam sent to police custody for seven days

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