BULLY BY APP: Four people, including the main accused, have been arrested in a case of fake auction of Muslim women in India

BULLY BY APP: Four people, including the main accused, have been arrested in a case of fake auction of Muslim women in India
BULLY BY APP: Four people, including the main accused, have been arrested in a case of fake auction of Muslim women in India

Police in India have so far arrested four people in connection with the online 'fake auction' of pictures of more than 100 Muslim women.


Delhi Police on Thursday arrested 21-year-old Neeraj Bishnoi from Assam. Police say Neeraj is the "main culprit" in the case and that he created the app.


Like the Sully Deals case that came to light last year, the app did not actually "sell" anyone, but harassed Muslim women. Many of these women have criticized Narendra Modi's government. Both the Hindi words Suli and Bili Bai are used insultingly and sarcastically for Muslim women.


Earlier, Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale had claimed to have arrested three people on Wednesday. "This is a very sensitive issue in which women of a particular community have been slandered and harmed," she said. They uploaded the app and created a Twitter account with the same name. As soon as a complaint was lodged against them, the police immediately launched an investigation.


Three people have so far been detained in connection with the case. Two persons, one of them a woman, were arrested from Uttarakhand while the third was arrested from Mangalore area. The third person is an engineering student and his name is Vishal Jha.


My pictures have been tampered with and misused. "


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Saima Rehman says, "Our society is conservative and when such cases come to light, all the charges and restrictions are imposed on the girl."


The case came to light on January 1 when a fake auction of Muslim women was being conducted online through the app. One of these women was Saima Rehman.


Saima is a radio jockey. Speaking to BBC, she expressed satisfaction over the arrest of the accused. "This process gives us hope," he said, adding that no FIR had been lodged by him. But they must have been surprised to hear the name of an accused woman involved in the investigation.


"I myself have been a victim of cyber bullying for the last three or four years. My pictures were distorted and misused. "


"Sully is a derogatory term used for Muslim girls in India," she says. When the issue came up in July last year, we raised our voice but there are still many girls who have no voice. That is why it is our responsibility to stop it. "


It may be recalled that in July 2021, an app was also created which was named 'Sully for Sale' and on it pictures of Muslim women which were taken from their social media accounts were shared. It was a free app with pictures and names of over 80 women as well as their Twitter handles. At the top of the app was "Find Your Sully Deal."