Mumbai: Mumbai police, on Tuesday (January 4), detained a woman in Uttarakhand believed to be the mastermind behind the ‘Bulli Bai’ app, an app targeting Muslim women.
“A woman has been detained by the cyber cell of Mumbai Police in Uttarakhand. Seems like is the main mastermind behind the app. She will be presented before a court in Uttarakhand for transit remand. After obtaining the transit remand, she will be brought to Mumbai,” said a police official.
Vishal Kumar was arrested by Mumbai Police on Tuesday and was detained from Bengaluru and brought for questioning to Mumbai.
“The detained woman and the arrested man became friends via social media site – Instagram. The racket behind the app includes many more people,” said the official. “Vishal changed his name on December 31. He took up a name related to the Sikh community,” the official added.
Mumbai Police on Monday filed a first information report (FIR) against unknown persons based on complaints that doctored photographs of women were uploaded for auction on the ‘Bulli Bai’ application hosted on the GitHub platform. On Sunday, West Mumbai Cyber Police station registered a case against the ‘Bulli Bai’ app developers and Twitter handles that promoted the app.
