New Delhi, Jan 3: Amid outrage over Muslim women being targeted through a dodgy app, the Delhi Police sought details from the GitHub platform about the developer of the ‘Bulli Bai’ mobile application and asked Twitter to block and remove related “offensive contents” on its platform.
The police have also sought from Twitter information about the account handler who first tweeted about the app.
Leaders from across the political spectrum condemned the cyber harassment of women belonging to the minority community and called for strict action against the guilty.
Terming the matter “serious”, Delhi Minorities Commission issued a notice to city police chief Rakesh Asthana seeking an action-taken report on January 10. It said the interests of Muslim women need to be safeguarded by nabbing the culprits.
The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has also asked police officials to appear before it later this week. Hundreds of Muslim women were listed for “auction” on the app with photographs sourced without permission and doctored. It has happened for the second time in less than a year.
The app appeared to be a clone of Sulli Deals which triggered a similar row last year. Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge condemned the harassment of Muslim women and alleged that it was the result of the repeated “dehumanisation of minorities by the BJP”.
“Strongly condemn this disgusting harassment of Muslim women. This is the result of repeated dehumanisation of minorities by the BJP leadership,” Kharge said on Twitter. “Why were previous instances of similar harassment ignored? I hope this time, the strongest action against the guilty will be taken,” he added.
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala alleged the BJP government has abdicated its constitutional and legal responsibility in acting against those lumpen elements and criminals, who are trying to tarnish the modesty of women. “Can India’s women be divided now or looked at from the prism of their religion or caste or region or colour of their skin or the kind of clothes they wear,” he posed. “It is time for Home Minister Amit Shah to abide by the oath of the Constitution that he took and act decisively against those criminals, otherwise, it will be known that there is latent support of Modi Government to such lumpen elements,” Surjewala said. (PTI)
