Bulli Bai Case: Mumbai Police detains a woman, who is allegedly the mastermind

This comes after, a 21-year-old civil engineering student, Vishal Kumar was arrested by Mumbai Police earlier in the day after questioning for several hours.

Bulli Bai Case: Mumbai Police detains a woman, who is allegedly the mastermind
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According to a latest report, Mumbai police on Tuesday, January 4, detained a woman in Uttarakhand believed to be the mastermind behind the 'Bulli Bai' app, informed police.

"A woman, who has been detained by the cyber cell of Mumbai police in Uttarakhand, seems like is the 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," a police official was quoted by ANI.

This comes after, a 21-year-old civil engineering student, Vishal Kumar was arrested by Mumbai Police earlier in the day after questioning for several hours.

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.

Vishal was detained from Bengaluru and was brought for questioning to Mumbai on Monday, January 3. A case has registered against unknown culprits under relevant sections of IPC and the IT Act.


This case came to light after a first information report (FIR) was registered against those who created the app, Bulli Bai. Reports state that they allegedly used it to upload doctored photographs of at least 100 prominent Muslim women that were put for auction online on January 1. The hosting platform, GitHub, has blocked the site.

Meanwhile, on Sunday, January 2, West Mumbai Cyber Police station registered a case against the 'Bulli Bai' app developers and Twitter handles that promoted the app.

The case has been registered against the unknown culprits under sections 153(A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion etc), 153(B) (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 295(A) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings), 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.

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