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    Photos of Muslim women once again posted for ‘auction’ via ‘Bully Bai’ portal

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    Photos of Muslim women once again posted for 'auction' via 'Bully Bai' portal

    In July last year, pictures of Muslim women were posted for ‘online auction’ on an app called Sully Deals. Separate FIRs were registered in this regard by Delhi and Noida Police. However, till now no significant action has been taken against those responsible for it. A case has also been registered in the ‘Bully Bai’ portal case.

    Screenshot of Bulli Bai Platform (Photo: Twitter)

    New Delhi: The issue of posting derogatory and manipulative pictures of Muslim women on the Internet has come to the fore once again. This is the second time in less than a year that a Muslim woman has been subjected to such atrocities by trolls.

    In July last year, some unidentified people uploaded pictures of hundreds of Muslim women on an app called Sulli Deals. On the same lines, this time an online portal named ‘Bullibai’ (bullibai.github.io) has
    Organized an ‘auction’ (using the derogatory word ‘Bulli’) using manipulated images of these Muslim women without their consent with the sole intention of disrespecting these women.

    Many women have told that their pictures are being used on this platform. in these the wire Key journalist Ismat Ara, who also shared a screenshot of this website on Twitter, in which she has been described as the ‘Bully by the Day’.

    Ismat filed a complaint with the Cyber ​​Crime Cell of Delhi Police and filed a complaint against IPC sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups in the name of religion), 153B (speech or stigmatization prejudicial to national unity), 354A (sexual harassment), u/s 506 (criminal intimidation), 509 (saying or making any gesture with intent to outrage the modesty of a woman) and sections 66 (sending insensitive information by means of electronic communication) and 67 (sending obscene messages) of the IT Act Demand to register FIR.

    He has said in his complaint that the word ‘bully of the day’ has been done with the intention of objectifying and undermining women. He has also requested the police to investigate the conspiracy regarding this website.

    Ismat has said in her complaint, ‘Social media being a platform for public expression, cannot be used by the anti-feminist sections of the society to humiliate and humiliate women, especially Muslim women.’

    He further said in the complaint, ‘It is really disappointing to see that these people spreading hatred are targeting Muslim women without any fear and they are not being punished either.’

    Many other Muslim women outspoken on social media have also found their pictures on this website. Photos of missing JNU student Najeeb’s mother are also on this site.

    A day after Ismat’s complaint, the Delhi Police said that it has handed over the investigation of the case to the Superintendent of Police Manzoor Alam by registering an FIR under sections 153A, 153B, 354A and 509 of the IPC at the Cyber ​​Police Station in southeast Delhi.

    Meanwhile, the Cyber ​​Crime Division of Mumbai Police has told news agency PTI that it has started an investigation into the platform, which has since been removed.

    Ismat has also named Microsoft-owned content sharing platform GitHub in its complaint.

    At the same time, on Saturday (January 1), IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnav tweeted and said, ‘GitHub has informed that the user responsible for hosting this site has been blocked.’

    According to a report by NDTV, two FIRs were registered by Delhi and Uttar Pradesh Police in the Sully Deals app case, though no significant action has been taken against those responsible so far.

    Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said, ‘It is not enough to remove the app by GitHub. The culprits should be punished.

    However, many political leaders have raised their voice regarding this matter and demanded immediate action against the accused.

    Earlier, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said on Saturday that photographs of hundreds of Muslim women have been uploaded on an app using hosting platform GitHub.

    Chaturvedi had said that he has taken up the matter with the Mumbai Police and demanded that the culprits should be arrested at the earliest.

    He had said, ‘I have requested the Minister of Information Technology Hon’ble Ashwini Vaishnav ji several times to take strict action against those who are targeting women through platforms like SulliDeals. It is a shame that it is being ignored.

    In a tweet on Sunday, Chaturvedi said, ‘As on 01/01/2020, West Zone Cyber ​​Police Station, Mumbai has arrested the above Twitter handle holders under Section 153A, 153B, 295A, 354D, 509, 500 of the IPC and Section 67 of the IT Act. And a case has been registered against the developer of ‘Bully Bye’ app hosted on GitHub.’

    Reacting to the development, Mumbai Police said that it has taken cognizance of the matter and the concerned authorities have been asked to take action. An official said that the Mumbai Cyber ​​Police has started investigation in relation to the objectionable material.

    (Click here to read this report in English.)

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    Tagged as: Auction Site, Bulli Bai, Bulli of the Day, crimes against Muslim women, Delhi polic, Delhi Police, doctored images, GitHub, Muslim Women, Priyanka Chaturvedi, social media, Sulli Deals, The Wire Hindi, UP Police

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