'Bulli Bai app emerged due to lack of action against Sulli Deals creators'

Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday said that the Bulli Bai app had emerged only due to inadequate action against the creators of a mobile application Sulli Deals for allegedly uploading photos of women without their consentI had raised the issue of Sulli Deals a website where women were being auctioned using their photographs especially targeting a specific community abusive language was being used the women were being used as a commodity Chaturvedi saidUnderlining the mental harassment women have to go through because of such applications Chaturvedi said I had complained about it Sulli Deals to the IT minister who later replied that the sites have been blocked But blocking the sites is one way to go about it the other is to take action against those who are making such sitesDue to lack of action then we see another version of it has emerged in the form of Bulli Bai she added while hoping for a logical conclusion to the issue this timeAfter both the Delhi and Mumbai Police lodged FIR in the matter under relevant sections Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw in a tweet on Sunday said The Government of India is working with police in Delhi and Mumbai on this matterDelhi Police on Sunday said that an FIR has been registered under section 509 word gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman of the Indian Penal Code in the Cyber Police station of SouthEast district The action by Delhi Police was taken based on a complaint by a woman journalist at the Cyber police station where she alleged that her photo was uploaded on a website to target herThe complainant said that she was seeking immediate registration of FIR and immediate investigation against unknown people who are seeking to harass and insult Muslim women on social media and the internetMumbai Police has also filed a first information report FIR against unknown persons based on complaints that doctored photographs of women were uploaded for auction on Bulli Bai application hosted by GitHub platformOn Sunday West Mumbai Cyber Police station registered a case against the Bulli Bai app developers and Twitter handles that promoted the appThe case has been registered against the unknown culprits under sections 153A Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion etc 153B Imputations assertions prejudicial to national integration 295A Deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings 354D stalking 509 word gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman 500 criminal defamation of the Indian Penal Code and Section 67 publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form of Information Technology ActMinister for Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw on Sunday said that the Centre is working with Delhi and Mumbai police to take further action on GitHub user behind the Bulli Bai app GitHub has blocked the siteVaishnaw late on Saturday tweeted that action has been taken and the GitHub user behind the Bulli Bai app had been blocked and further action was being coordinatedGitHub confirmed blocking the user this morning itself Computer Emergency Response Team CERT and Police authorities are coordinating further action Vaishnaw said in a reply to a tweet by Priyanka ChaturvediDelhi Police Special Cell had in July 2021 registered an FIR against the creators of a mobile application SULLI DEAL for allegedly uploading photos of Muslim women without their consent using inappropriate remarks against them The app allegedly uploads photos of women without their consent and uses the hosting platform GITHUB to auction the stolen photosThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever