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SC agrees to examine 'Sulli Deals' app creator’s petition seeking to club FIRs registered against him across country
2 years, 4 months ago

SC agrees to examine 'Sulli Deals' app creator’s petition seeking to club FIRs registered against him across country

Firstpost  

A bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul issued notice to Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra police and sought their affidavits within three weeks on the issue New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine a petition filed by Aumkareshwar Thakur, accused of creating the ‘Sulli Deals’ app on GitHub, seeking clubbing of various FIRs registered against him …

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Online hate apps victim receives rape threat; NCW writes to police
2 years, 8 months ago

Online hate apps victim receives rape threat; NCW writes to police

Hindustan Times  

National Commission of Women have written to Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana after a 26-year-old woman - who was defamed on the controversial Sulli Deals and Bulli Bai applications - received a call for rape and murder threats on Muslim women. The 26-year-old woman said that she has taken action on the comment made by the Instagram account because she …

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Victimising women: How the right wing attacks Muslim women
2 years, 10 months ago

Victimising women: How the right wing attacks Muslim women

The Hindu  

Muslim women in India are no more a homogenous monolith than Muslim men, and there are divisions among them along the lines of caste, class and region as there are variations among Hindu women. ‘Sulli Deals’ outrage In July 2021, an open source app called ‘Sulli Deals’ on the GitHub web platform, intending to teach these young Muslim women a …

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Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai and the young and educated hatemongers
2 years, 11 months ago

Sulli Deals, Bulli Bai and the young and educated hatemongers

The Hindu  

It was around 10:30 p.m. on January 5. Link to Sulli Deals The police arrested Niraj as the “main conspirator, creator and mastermind” behind the Bulli Bai application on GitHub, the hosting platform. According to them, Niraj not only created the Bulli Bai app, but one of the handles used by him also appeared in the investigation of the Sulli …

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Delhi court dismisses bail plea of Sulli Deals creator
2 years, 11 months ago

Delhi court dismisses bail plea of Sulli Deals creator

The Hindu  

Noting that the impact of the alleged acts on society “cannot be reduced to negligible” when compared to other offences with harsher punishment, a Delhi court on Saturday dismissed the bail plea moved by the alleged creator of Sulli Deals, Aumkareshwar Thakur. Metropolitan Magistrate Vasundhra Chhaunkar, in her order, observed that the court cannot ignore the peculiar facts of the …

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‘Sulli Deals’, form of hate speech in India, must be condemned: UN official
2 years, 11 months ago

‘Sulli Deals’, form of hate speech in India, must be condemned: UN official

The Hindu  

Harassment of Muslim women in India through social media apps such as “Sulli Deals” must be condemned and prosecuted as soon as they occur, a UN Special Rapporteur has said. UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter to raise concern on the issue of minorities in India, saying “Muslim women in India are harassed and …

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\'Sulli Deals\', form of hate speech in India, must be condemned: UN official
2 years, 11 months ago

\'Sulli Deals\', form of hate speech in India, must be condemned: UN official

Deccan Chronicle  

United Nations/Geneva: Harassment of Muslim women in India through social media apps such as "Sulli Deals" must be condemned and prosecuted as soon as they occur, a UN Special Rapporteur has said. UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter to raise concern on the issue of minorities in India, saying “Muslim women in India …

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My son being framed, says father of 'Sulli Deals' app creator
2 years, 11 months ago

My son being framed, says father of 'Sulli Deals' app creator

Hindustan Times  

The father of a 26-year-old man, believed to be the creator of the 'Sulli Deals' app and arrested by Delhi Police from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, claimed on Sunday that his son was being framed in the case. He said two Delhi Police personnel in plain clothes came to his house on Saturday afternoon and after identifying his son, they …

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Creator of \'Sulli Deals\' app arrested from Indore in Madhya Pradesh: Delhi Police
2 years, 11 months ago

Creator of \'Sulli Deals\' app arrested from Indore in Madhya Pradesh: Delhi Police

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Delhi Police has arrested a man believed to be the creator of "Sulli Deals" app from Indore in Madhya Pradesh, officials said on Sunday. Deputy Commissioner of Police KPS 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 …

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Bulli Bai case: Mastermind Niraj Bishnoi was part of Sulli Deals too, says Delhi Police
2 years, 11 months ago

Bulli Bai case: Mastermind Niraj Bishnoi was part of Sulli Deals too, says Delhi Police

India TV News  

Highlights Mastermind’s intention was to get publicity, make own identity, says police Bishnoi had allegedly posed as a media person to mislead the investigation Delhi Police officials said there is a possibility about Niraj Bishnoi's alleged involvement in the earlier ‘Sulli Deals’ case and that they are investigating the matter. The investigation in the ‘Bulli Bai’ application case has so …

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Bulli Bai app conspiracy to persecute minority, promote violence against Muslim women: IWPC
2 years, 11 months ago

Bulli Bai app conspiracy to persecute minority, promote violence against Muslim women: IWPC

The Hindu  

The Indian Women's Press Corps on Tuesday termed the 'Bulli Bai' app "a well-planned conspiracy" to persecute the minority and promote gender-based violence and it hoped the government will take "strong steps" to stop the " auction of women's respect on the Internet ". The women journalists' body hoped the police will take "a prompt action" and arrest the accused …

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'Sulli Deals' case | Delhi Police get Centre’s nod to seek details from GitHub
2 years, 11 months ago

'Sulli Deals' case | Delhi Police get Centre’s nod to seek details from GitHub

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has approved the Delhi police’s request to seek details from GitHub, the hosting platform, about ‘Sulli Deals’ under the MLAT, six months after a first information report was registered, an official said. A senior police officer said a request was sent earlier under the Code of Criminal Procedure to GitHub to share details about the …

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Bulli Bai app: Student detained in Bengaluru
2 years, 11 months ago

Bulli Bai app: Student detained in Bengaluru

The Hindu  

The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police detained an engineering student from Bengaluru on Monday evening in connection with the controversial Bulli Bai app. Meanwhile, Delhi Police on Monday said they have written to hosting platform GitHub seeking information on accounts which posted photos of women on Bulli Bai app where they were being “auctioned”. Meanwhile, Delhi Commission for Women has …

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Police inaction has emboldened goons, say women who were ‘auctioned’ online
2 years, 11 months ago

Police inaction has emboldened goons, say women who were ‘auctioned’ online

The Hindu  

Commercial pilot Hana Khan is now hesitant to share where she is posted. Ms. Khan, who is in touch with other women who were auctioned on the Sulli Deals app, said that they had all given up because “ ab kuch hona to hai nahi ”. ‘Sulli Deals’ and ‘Bulli Bai’ are applications and websites that had taken publicly available …

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Bulli Bai: India’s Muslim women again listed on app for ‘auction’
2 years, 11 months ago

Bulli Bai: India’s Muslim women again listed on app for ‘auction’

Al Jazeera  

The app, now taken down, displayed more than 100 women ‘for sale as maids’, with victims saying they have little hope of action by police. After last July’s “Sulli Deals“, in which nearly 80 Muslim women were put up “for sale”, “Bulli Bai” was the second such attempt in less than a year. Ara filed a complaint on Saturday with …

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Priyanka Chaturvedi claims no action against 'Sulli Deals' app, govt says FIR filed, app taken down
3 years, 3 months ago

Priyanka Chaturvedi claims no action against 'Sulli Deals' app, govt says FIR filed, app taken down

Op India  

On Monday, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi fired off a letter to the Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology alleging inaction against the contentious ‘Sulli Deals’ app. It must be mentioned that Priyanka Chaturvedi had earlier written to Minister for Electronics and Information Technology on July 30 raising concerns about the ‘Sulli Deals’ app and women’s safety in cyberspace. …

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'Sulli Deals' to Love Jihad: Why Community Leaders Stay Silent
3 years, 5 months ago

'Sulli Deals' to Love Jihad: Why Community Leaders Stay Silent

The Quint  

The travails of Hindu women are no less, they, too, have been misused and violated by gurus, babas and tantriks in the name of religion. Religious fanatics go on to the streets targeting young couples under the guise of the much-misused 'love jihad' concept. They then come back to assault and abuse their own women, to satiate their never ending …

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Sulli Deals: Indian Muslim women offered for sale in ‘auction’
3 years, 5 months ago

Sulli Deals: Indian Muslim women offered for sale in ‘auction’

Al Jazeera  

Photographs of more than 80 Muslim women put up for sale on an app are triggering outrage and calls for action. The creators of the platform offered visitors a chance to claim a “Sulli” – a derogatory term used by right-wing Hindu trolls for Muslim women – calling them “deals of the day”. “GitHub has longstanding policies against content and …

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Delhi Police files FIR against ’Sulli Deals’ app creators; pulls up GitHub
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police files FIR against ’Sulli Deals’ app creators; pulls up GitHub

Live Mint  

The Cyber Cell under Delhi Police has registered a first information report against unidentified individuals for uploading photos of Muslim women on an app. "Acting on a complaint received on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal regarding 'Sulli Deals' mobile application, a case under section 354-A of the Indian Penal Code has been registered on Wednesday and investigation taken up," said …

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Delhi Police files FIR against creators of 'Sulli Deals' app, issues notice to GitHub
3 years, 5 months ago

Delhi Police files FIR against creators of 'Sulli Deals' app, issues notice to GitHub

India Today  

The Delhi Police has registered an FIR against unknown people for creating an app named 'Sulli Deals' on popular open-source platform GitHub. The app creators would illegally collect photos of Muslim women from their social media accounts, use them inappropriately on the app and encourage people to participate in their "auction". "Acting on a complaint received on National Cybercrime Reporting …

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