New Delhi: Mumbai Police Cyber Cell has detained a 21-year-old man from Bengaluru in connection with the ‘BulliBai’ app, reported ANI.

As per reports, the detained 21-year-old man is one of the five followers of Bulli Bai and he is likely to be arrested.

Mumbai Police Cyber Cell has detained a 21-year-old man from Bengaluru in connection with 'BulliBai' app, say police.

— ANI (@ANI) January 3, 2022

Mumbai Police had already 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 platform.

On Sunday, West Mumbai Cyber Police station registered a case against the ‘Bulli Bai’ app developers and Twitter handles that promoted the app.

The case has been registered against the unknown culprits under sections 153(A) (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion etc), 153(B) (Imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration), 295(A) (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 Act.

After 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, “Government of India is working with police organisations in Delhi and Mumbai on this matter.”