Bulli Bai app: Student detained in Bengaluru
The Hindu
Being taken to Mumbai; DCW seeks details from Delhi Police
The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police detained an engineering student from Bengaluru on Monday evening in connection with the . He is reported to be one of the four followers of the app. The student is being brought to Mumbai and expected to be arrested soon, said an officer of the Cyber Cell.
Meanwhile, Delhi Police on Monday said they have written to hosting platform GitHub seeking information on accounts which posted photos of women on Bulli Bai app where they were being “auctioned”. Officers, however, said no breakthrough has been achieved in identifying any suspect.
As reported by The Hindu earlier, in case of Sulli Deals in August, the police had said that a notice under the CrPC was issued to GitHub to share the details of the IP address of the web page where the photographs of Muslim women were shared, but the company had asked the police to approach them through the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT).