Bulli Bai app case Mumbai court denies bail to 3 accused
Mumbai Jan 20 PTI A court here on Thursday rejected bail pleas of three students arrested in connection with a case pertaining to the Bulli Bai app which targeted Muslim women by putting up their images online for auctionThe three accused are Vishal Kumar Jha Shweta Singh and Mayank RawatSingh 18 and Rawat 21 were arrested by the Mumbai polices cyber cell from Uttarakhand on January 5 while Jha was nabbed from Bengaluru on January 4They were denied bail by a metropolitan magistrate in suburban Bandra A detailed order was not yet availableEarlier the police had opposed their bail claiming the accused use names belonging to the Sikh community for their social media accounts with an intention to breach peace in the society and create animosity among religious groupsThe police have told the court that all the three accused were operating multiple social media accounts on Twitter Instagram and GmailThe cyber cell has said many of the accounts were deleted or suspended for posting defamatory content and information regarding the same is yet to be procuredThe Mumbai police registered an FIR in the case following complaints made by several women who were targeted by the Bulli Bai app The app made public the details of several Muslim women allowing users to participate in their auctionMeanwhile two more persons – Niraj Bishnoi and Omkareshwar Thakur – who had been arrested by the Delhi police were on Thursday brought to Mumbai by the city polices cyber cell on transit remand for questioning in the caseBishnoi had been arrested in another Bulli Bai app case lodged by the Delhi police while Thakur had been apprehended in the Sulli deals app matter The Delhi polices special cell which nabbed Bishnoi from Assam has claimed he was the main creator of the Bulli Bai appPolice have claimed the accused arrested in the Bulli Bai app case were also active in the Sulli deals app which came to light in July 2021 The Sulli deals app had triggered widespread outrage as it had put out details of more than 100 prominent Muslim women allowing users to participate in their auctionBishnoi and Thakur were produced before the Bandra magistrate court which remanded them in police custody till January 27 PTI AVI RSY RSY
Mumbai Jan 20 PTI A court here on Thursday rejected bail pleas of three students arrested in connection with a case pertaining to the Bulli Bai app which targeted Muslim women by putting up their images online for auctionThe three accused are Vishal Kumar Jha Shweta Singh and Mayank RawatSingh 18 and Rawat 21 were arrested by the Mumbai polices cyber cell from Uttarakhand on January 5 while Jha was nabbed from Bengaluru on January 4They were denied bail by a metropolitan magistrate in suburban Bandra A detailed order was not yet availableEarlier the police had opposed their bail claiming the accused use names belonging to the Sikh community for their social media accounts with an intention to breach peace in the society and create animosity among religious groupsThe police have told the court that all the three accused were operating multiple social media accounts on Twitter Instagram and GmailThe cyber cell has said many of the accounts were deleted or suspended for posting defamatory content and information regarding the same is yet to be procuredThe Mumbai police registered an FIR in the case following complaints made by several women who were targeted by the Bulli Bai app The app made public the details of several Muslim women allowing users to participate in their auctionMeanwhile two more persons – Niraj Bishnoi and Omkareshwar Thakur – who had been arrested by the Delhi police were on Thursday brought to Mumbai by the city polices cyber cell on transit remand for questioning in the caseBishnoi had been arrested in another Bulli Bai app case lodged by the Delhi police while Thakur had been apprehended in the Sulli deals app matter The Delhi polices special cell which nabbed Bishnoi from Assam has claimed he was the main creator of the Bulli Bai appPolice have claimed the accused arrested in the Bulli Bai app case were also active in the Sulli deals app which came to light in July 2021 The Sulli deals app had triggered widespread outrage as it had put out details of more than 100 prominent Muslim women allowing users to participate in their auctionBishnoi and Thakur were produced before the Bandra magistrate court which remanded them in police custody till January 27 PTI AVI RSY RSY
