Creator of original hate app circulated its code

NEW DELHI/INDORE: A man who allegedly created the first Github webpage where doctored photographs of Muslim women were uploaded back in July 2021 to “auction” them has been arrested, the Delhi Police said on Sunday.

Identifying the person as Aumkareshwar Thakur, 26, the police said he was arrested from his house in Newyork City Township Indore on Saturday evening. This is the first arrest made in the “Sulli Deals” case, the police said. The development came after recent arrests in a similar case.

The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police’s special cell said Thakur’s arrest came after receiving information about him from “Bulli Bai” case mastermind Neeraj Bishnoi during investigation. Bishnoi has been

THE DELHI POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY MADE THE FIRST GITHUB WEBPAGE WHERE DOCTORED IMAGES OF MUSLIM WOMEN WERE UPLOADED

arrested for creating webpages targeting Muslim women after such portals first surfaced in July 2021 under “Sulli Deals”.

Thakur was a member of a group on Twitter where the plan to defame Muslim women was discussed, according to deputy commissioner of police KPS Malhotra, head of Delhi’s cybercrimes cell. Thakur has a bachelor’s degree in computer application from IPS Academy in Indore and works as a freelance web developer.

“He had developed the code on Github and its access was with all the members of the group. He had shared the app on his Twitter account. The photos of the Muslim women were uploaded by the group members,” Malhotra said.

“He had joined a group on Twitter by the name of Tradmahasabha in January 2020 using the Twitter handle @gangescion. During group discussions, the members had discussed about trolling Muslim women. He had developed the app on Github. After the uproar, he had deleted his social media footprints,” Malhotra added.

Thakur was arrested three days after police arrested Bishnoi, 21, a resident of Jorhat in Assam, on Wednesday night. The police on Saturday morning said Bishnoi, a second-year B Tech student, was part of a group involved in making the first webpage.