Bulli bai: VIT B. Tech student, creator Neeraj Bishnoi remanded to 7-day police custody; University suspends him

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Main accused Neeraj Bishnoi remanded to 7-day police custody. He was arrested from Assam by Delhi Police Special Cell's IFSO team.

An engineering student from a private engineering college in Bhopal has been arrested by Delhi police on charge of creating ‘Bulli Bai App’, sources said on Thursday.

The student identified as Neeraj Bishnoi, 21, was detained by a team of Delhi police from Assam, sources said.

Bishnoi, a resident of Jorhat in Assam, is B.Tech second year student of B.Tech at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT). He is being taken to Delhi for further investigation, sources added.

According to the release issued by the university administration, Neeraj has been suspended with immediate effect from the university.

A senior police officer from Delhi police said that a total of four persons have been arrested in the case that triggered a massive outrage across the country.

“We have also seized a device used for creating the app,” the officer said.

The morphed photographs of Muslim women were uploaded on the app, putting them for virtual auction.

When contacted, Public Relation Officer of VIT, Bhopal, Amit Amar said that he was not aware about the arrest of any student of his institute. “More than 10,000 students study at my institute. It is not possible to figure out his name immediately,” he told the Free Press Journal.