'Selling' Muslim women online, this Indian man is on trial
DDHK. ORG – A man in India allegedly created an app and posted more than 80 photos Muslimah for 'sale' online (online) last year.
After this incident, Police India I will hold this man accountable for his actions.
Reporting from RepublikaThe announcement came after Delhi Lieutenant-Governor VK Saxena granted permission to try suspect Aumkareshwar Thakur (25 years) in court.
It is known that an open source application called Sulli Deals was hosted on the GitHub web platform in July 2021. Thakur was arrested last January, but was granted bail in March.
Thakur, who holds a degree in computer applications, was arrested from the city of Indore in the central state of Madhya Pradesh by a team of Delhi police set up to investigate serious crimes.
Police registered a case against him under various articles of India's Penal Code, India's Information Technology Act and Article 196 of India's Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
Section 196 deals with offenses committed against states, not individuals.
This section is generally directed against high-ranking government officials who need permission from the federal or state government to proceed.
As reported by the Saudi Gazette, Monday (12/12/2022), the Sulli Deals application has taken pictures of Muslim women on the internet without the victims knowing and then priced the victims as if they were being sold.
Thakur was arrested with Neeraj Bishnoi (20 years) who allegedly created the Bulli Bai app which uploaded photos of more than 100 Muslim women and also hosted on GitHub.
Critics say online trolling of Muslim women has worsened in recent years in India's polarized political climate.
A 2018 Amnesty International report on online harassment in India suggests the more vocal a woman is, the more likely she is to be targeted.
The target scale increases for women from minority religions and disadvantaged castes.
Those featured on both apps are all outspoken Muslims, including journalists, activists, artists and researchers.
A commercial pilot whose photo was posted on Sulli Deals told the BBC he was terrified when he heard about the app.
While granting bail to Thakur in March, the judge argued that the suspect was not at risk of fleeing and was not in a position to influence the investigation. [DDHK News]