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It is the first arrest over a fake website that offered prominent Muslim women for sale. Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai was among the women listed on the site.

‘Bulli Bai’: Mumbai Police makes arrests related to app used to target Muslim women - An FIR was filed on Monday (January 3) by Mumbai Police against unknown persons based on complaints against the ‘Bulli Bai’ app on GitHub platform.

Mumbai Police in Indias Maharashtra state on Monday arrested a 21-year-old engineering student Vishal Kumar Jha from Karnataka states Bengaluru city, who is... 04.01.2022, Sputnik International

What is Bulli Bai, an app used to target Muslim women? All you need to know - The IT Ministry has taken action and blocked the creators of the Bulli Bai app and an FIR has been lodged by the Delhi police

The makers of the Bulli app sourced images of prominent Muslim women in India and listed them in his app, which they hosted on GitHub.

An FIR has been registered under section 509 in Cyber Police station of South-East district, Delhi Police said. This comes six months after police in Delhi registered a case in connection with photos of Muslim women being uploaded and "auctioned" on a Github app.

The controversial Bulli Bai app displayed doctored faces of influential Muslim women with a derogatory tagline that read "Sulli deal of the day". It is to be noted that 'Sulli' is a derogatory term used against women. The app creators would use the photos illegally obtained from the women's social media handles and convince people to take part in the "auction".

Responding to queries by India Today on the 'Bulli Bai' controversy, GitHub has stated that it has policies against content and conduct involving harassment, discrimination, and inciting violence.

Bull Bai App Latest News: A 21 year old engineering student from Bengaluru was arrested on Monday in connection with the Bulli Bai app row amid outrage over Muslim women being targeted through the app. The Delhi police had earlier also sought from Twitter information about the account handler who first tweeted about the app. Leaders from across the political spectrum condemned the cyber harassment of women belonging to the minority community and called for strict action against the guilty.

IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that the government is working with police in Delhi and Mumbai in the matter and the National Commission for Women too has stepped in.