‘Bulli Bai’ app case: Accused Vishal Kumar sent to police custody till Jan 10

The 21-year-old engineering student, Vishal Kumar, an accused in the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case, has been sent to police custody by Bandra Court till January 10. He was detained from Bengaluru by Mumbai police on Monday and was later brought to Mumbai.
Mumbai | Bandra court sent ‘Bulli Bai’ app case accused Vishal Kumar to police custody till January 10 — ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2022 Vishal Kumar’s lawyer, Advocate D Prajapati addressing the media said that his client is falsely implicated in this case. “My client has been sent to police custody till January 10. My client is falsely implicated in this case. Police had filed an application to obtain a search warrant,” the lawyer said.
Mumbai | My client has been sent to police custody till January 10. My client is falsely implicated in this case. Police had filed an application to obtain a search warrant: Advocate D. Prajapati, lawyer of ‘Bulli Bai’ app case accused Vishal Kumar pic.twitter.com/aKA3lKFGk3 — ANI (@ANI) January 4, 2022 A woman from Uttarakhand has also been detained by the Mumbai Cyber cell Police in connection with the case. Police say that she is the main accused.
As per the police, the accused know each other. “The main accused woman was handling three accounts related to ‘ Bulli Bai ’ app. Co-accused Vishal Kumar opened an account by the name Khalsa supremacist. On Dec 31, he changed the names of other accounts to resemble Sikh names. Fake Khalsa account holders were shown,” ANI quoted Mumbai Police.
The controversy, which cropped on January 1, saw  Bulli Bai app , on hosting platform Github, post the photos of a number of Muslim women including journalists, social workers, students and famous personalities. This came six months after the “Sulli Deals” controversy. Both names are derogatory terms for Muslim women.
Also Read ‘Sulli Deals’ 2.0: Muslim women harassed and ‘auctioned off’ once again The app was also being promoted by a Twitter handle with the name @bullibai, with the display picture was of a Khalistani supporter. Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha member Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote to Mumbai Police after which the case was lodged.