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Niraj Bishnoi, the 21-year-old alleged "main conspirator" of the Bulli Bai app, has reportedly disclosed to the Delhi Police that he is in touch with the creator of Sulli Deals, a similar app on Github that was created to "auction off" Muslim women in July 2021.
Bishnoi was arrested from Assam’s Jorhat by Delhi Police on Wednesday, 5 January, 2022.
According to DCP (Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations) KPS Malhotra,
Malhotra further said that Bishnoi has disclosed that "he was in touch with the persons arrested by Mumbai Police and used to chat with them through Twitter group chats."
Mumbai Police had arrested three persons in connection to the Bulli Bai case, identified as Mayank Rawal, Shweta Singh, and Vishal Kumar Jha.
Malhotra said, "He (Bishnoi) had never met these persons and even did not have their contact numbers. He had disclosed that he was using the twitter account of Shweta (Singh) who had been arrested by Mumbai Police."
Police also said that he used "Gurmukhi script instead of Devanagari script on the app as "he found it to be more impactful than Devanagari script."
Police said that currently, they are analysing deleted data on Bishnoi's laptop to figure out the extent of his involvement with the Sulli Deals app.
In the press statement, Malhotra said that Bishnoi is "trying to delay the investigation and is not cooperating in the interrogation. He had also tried to harm himself twice and also threatening to commit suicide. Due care is being take care of him, while he is in custody. His medical examination has been conducted and he is stable and unharmed."
Police said that Bishnoi is inclined towards an animated gaming character from Japan named GIYU. "He had created various Twitter handles using the word GIYU... through which he had challenged the law enforcement agencies to nab him," said Malhotra.
In a press statement on Friday, Malhotra had said that one of Bishnoi's Twitter accounts, '@giyu007' had came into light when the Sulli Deal case was under investigation.
During social media monitoring, DCP (IFSO) KPS Malhotra said on Saturday, 8 January, it has come to notice that one https://neopolitico.com and https://falanadikhana.com is claiming of interviewing Bishnoi, hours before his arrest.
Malhotra clarified that the accused Niraj Bishnoi, "was disturbed after the arrest of three of his followers namely Vishal, Shweta, and Mayank Rawat".
Explaining the reason behind the interview, Malhotra added:
Explaining how Bishnoi tried to divert the attention of the investigating agencies, Malhotra said, "to support his claim of creation of the Bulli Bai app and to prove the innocence of earlier arrested accused persons, he had shared the login details, email details and screen shots with one Shubham Sharma (the editor-in-chief of neopolitico.com) and on Twitter also".
KPS Malhotra added that Bishnoi had "shared only partial details to support his claim of creation of app. He communicated through VPN with them also, so that he could not be traced. He was challenging the law enforcement agencies to nab him. By using VPN and proton emails, he was thoughtful that he would never be traced and arrested".
In July last year, both Noida and Delhi Police had registered FIRs against unknown persons for creating an app on Github called “Sulli Deals” in which photos of several Muslim women were uploaded, accompanied by the text – “Deal of the Day”.
In January this year, a similar app called “Bulli Bai” surfaced on Github, and so far four people have been arrested – three by Mumbai Police, and one by Delhi Police.
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