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App to auction Muslim women: Main accused woman, engineer arrested

Mumbai: Mumbai police have arrested a young woman and an engineer in connection with a hate campaign against Muslim women through a mobile app. The woman was arrested from Uttarakhand and civil engineer Vishal Kumar, 21, from Bangalore. Vishal Kumar (21) was arrested on Monday. The woman was arrested after this. Police said Vishal Kumar had changed his name to Sikh on December 31.

The mobile app Bullibhai shared the names and pictures of Muslim women who have excelled in various fields and put them up for sale. The central government had blocked the Bullibhai app.

The woman, who was arrested in Uttarakhand, will be produced in court, remanded in transit and taken to Mumbai, police said. Vishal Kumar and she became friends through Instagram. According to police, the woman was handling three accounts related to the Bullibhai app. Following the controversial Sulli Deals, there was another hate campaign against Muslim women in online auctions.

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