Delhi cops arrest Sulli Deals creator from Indore

Aumkareshwar Thakur was arrested on Sunday

The Delhi police have arrested a man believed to be the creator of Sulli Deals app from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. This is the first arrest made in the case. Hundreds of Muslim women were listed for "auction" on the app with photographs sourced without permission and doctored. Accused Aumkareshwar Thakur, 26, did his BCA from IPS Academy in Indore and is a resident of Newyork City Township, police said.

Deputy Commissioner of Police, IFSO, K P S Malhotra said during preliminary interrogation, the accused admitted that he was a member of a group on Twitter and the idea to defame and troll Muslim women was shared there. "He admitted that he had developed the code/app on GitHub. The access of GitHub was with all the members of the group. He had shared the app on his Twitter account. The photos of the Muslim women were uploaded by the group members," he said.

Investigation has revealed that he had joined the Twitter group 'Tradmahasabha' in January, 2020, using the handle @gangescion. During various group discussions, the members had talked about trolling Muslim women, the police said. "After the uproar regarding the Sulli Deals app, he had deleted all his social media footprints," the DCP said.

The Delhi police said that further analysis of technical gadgets is underway to find out the codes/images related to the app. The Cyber Cell of the Delhi Police had filed a case in July after receiving a complaint about an unidentified group uploading photos of Muslim women on an app. Indore's Police Commissioner Harinarayanchari Mishra on Sunday said, "We have come to know only from the media about the arrest of Thakur from Indore by Delhi police. The Delhi police have not shared any official information with us in this regard so far."

Mishra also said that the Indore police will consider starting an investigation into the matter after the Delhi police share with them details of the case. In the Bulli Bai app case, the Delhi police had recently arrested Niraj Bishnoi, 21, from Assam. He is the alleged mastermind and creator of the app. He had disclosed during interrogation that he was in touch with the person behind the Twitter handle @sullideals.

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