The 'Bully By' app on open-source platform GitHub was used to upload photos of hundreds of Muslim women without their consent for a virtual 'auction'. The app caused massive outrage in India.
How Delhi Police caught Neeraj Bishnoi ?
A woman lodged a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in South-East Delhi after the news of the Bulli Bai app surfaced. She alleged that her picture was uploaded by the Twitter handle @bullibai_ and others. Accordingly an FIR was registered.
Twitter suspended the accounts involved in the case and the controversial app was pulled from GitHub.
Technical assistance was provided to Delhi Police for the investigation.
The raw data was analyzed with the help of the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) and it was found that the prime suspect was located in Jorhat, Assam.
A police team was formed under the supervision of Assistant Commissioner of Police Raman Lamba to nab and nab the prime suspect.
Police raided in Jorhat, Assam and arrested Neeraj Bishnoi on Thursday. During questioning, he revealed that he had created the controversial app on GitHub. Additionally, he admitted to creating the Twitter handle @bullibai_ among others.
Neeraj Bishnoi told police that the GitHub app was developed in November 2021 and was finally updated the following month. The Twitter account was created on December 31st. He added that he has also created an account @Sage0x1 to tweet about the app.
He said that he was constantly monitoring the updates on social media. When the police started investigating the matter, he created another Twitter account (@giyu44) and tweeted, "You have arrested the wrong person, Mumbai Police."
Neeraj Bishnoi is a second year B.Tech student from Vellore Institute of Technology in Bhopal. He has been suspended from his college.
Further investigation is going on in the matter.
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