Mastermind of ‘Bulli Bai’ app arrested from Assam

 During the first week 2023 Twitter was flooded with pictures of several women of a particular community, with the caption, “Today’s your Bulli Bai is…”. And hashtags like #BulliDeals #SulliDeals #BulliBai were being used. Surprisingly, these women did not even know how their pictures were becoming viral on social media.
What is even more shocking is that using these captions and hashtags, women of a particular community were auctioned off on online platforms.
 An FIR was registered in this case on January 1 when a woman journalist complained that her photograph was uploaded on Twitter. The police launched an investigation and the accounts were suspended. GitHub blocked users by removing the app. Cyber ​​experts team of Mumbai Police probing the case traced three dozen IP addresses using penetration technique.
 The police have arrested four people including Neeraj Bishnoi, who is said to be the mastermind of Bulli Bai app. Bishnoi, 21, who is pursuing computer engineering, was arrested from Assam. Bangalore based Visha Jha who was the first person to be arrested in the case, tested positive for Covid.
 During interrogation, Neeraj has said that he was very upset with the political stand and report of some journalists and wanted to teach them a lesson, that is why he had listed the picture of journalists on Bulli Bai app. Recently, the complainant has again turned up to cyber police after receiving threats from unknown callers. The cyber police have lodged a complaint and probe is on trace the callers.