Ground Report | New Delhi: Who is Vishal Jha; Mumbai Police has arrested Vishal Jha, an engineering student in the Bulli Bhai app case. Jha was arrested on Monday from Bangalore by the Mumbai Police in connection with the auction of Muslim women on social media.
Vishal Jha is just 21 years old and this person was associated with Bulli Bai App. More revelations are yet to be made in this matter.
Maharashtra Home Minister Satej Patil tweeted on Monday night, "Mumbai Police has got success. While we cannot provide any details at this time as this may hamper the ongoing investigation, I would like to assure all the victims that we are on the hunt for the perpetrators and they will soon be before the law."
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Mumbai Police has registered a case against unknown criminals under relevant sections of IPC and IT Act. On Sunday, an FIR was registered at West Mumbai Cyber Police Station against the developers of the 'Bulli By' app and the Twitter handle sharing its content.
A case has been registered against unknown criminals under IPC sections 153 (a) (promoting hatred on grounds of religion), 153 (b) (causing damage to national integrity and unity), 295 (a) (deliberately doing a malicious act). Along with this, sections of 354D (chasing), 509 (insulting the modesty of a woman), 500 (criminal defamation) have been imposed. Apart from this, Section 67 (spreading obscene material) of the Information Technology Act has also been imposed. (Who is Vishal Jha)
Several opposition leaders, including Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, had spoken on the issue, urging the government to crack down on the platform and bring justice to those behind it.
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that the GitHub user behind the app was blocked and that "further action" was being coordinated. Mumbai Police has registered a case, Delhi Police is probing the matter and Delhi Commission for Women has issued notice to the police officials.
Sulli Deals and Ritesh Jha
Earlier, an app called Sulli Deal came on Github itself, in which photographs of more than 80 Muslim women were auctioned without permission. Through this app, a message was sent to the user, in which it was written 'Your deal of the day', it contained pictures of Muslim women. Sharing this screenshot, a person named Ritesh Jha asked Hindu boys to bid. Due to inaction of police in this case, Bulli Bai like crime repeated.
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