The Delhi and Mumbai police have registered first information reports (FIRs) in relation to the app 'Bulli Bai' which put out details of Muslim women allowing users to participate in an 'auction'. .The app had appeared on open source platform GitHub triggering outrage.The Delhi Police acting on a complaint by one of the targets, journalist Ismat Ara registered FIR against unidentified persons for offences under Sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion etc), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code. .Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police registered FIR against relevant Twitter handles and the developer of 'Bulli Bai' for offences under Sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion etc), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 295A (insulting religious beliefs), 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.
The Delhi and Mumbai police have registered first information reports (FIRs) in relation to the app 'Bulli Bai' which put out details of Muslim women allowing users to participate in an 'auction'. .The app had appeared on open source platform GitHub triggering outrage.The Delhi Police acting on a complaint by one of the targets, journalist Ismat Ara registered FIR against unidentified persons for offences under Sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion etc), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 354A (sexual harassment) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code. .Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police registered FIR against relevant Twitter handles and the developer of 'Bulli Bai' for offences under Sections 153A (promoting enmity on grounds of religion etc), 153B (imputations prejudicial to national-integration), 295A (insulting religious beliefs), 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.