Editorial

Neeraj Bishnoi is a Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal, second-year B.Tech student. He has been expelled from his university. His college did not open after he was admitted owing to covid. He was studying from the comfort of his own home. The accused’s actions have been refuted by Neeraj’s family. Neeraj had gone to Rajasthan for a wedding, according to his relatives. On the 25th of December, he returned through Delhi. Neeraj has confessed that he set up a Twitter account to promote the app’s bullies. Following that, on December 31, a new handle was created and began tweeting.

Neeraj was always keeping an eye on the news when the situation became public. The accused mocked the Mumbai Police by tweeting shortly after their arrest. After hearing about the Bulli Bai app, a woman filed a complaint with the Cyber Police Station in South-East Delhi. She said that her photo was shared on Twitter by @bullibai_ and others. As a result, an FIR was filed.

On Thursday, police searched Neeraj Bishnoi’s home in Jorhat, Assam, and arrested him. During questioning, he admitted to creating the contentious software on GitHub. He also acknowledged establishing many Twitter handles, including @bullibai_.

According to Neeraj Bishnoi, the GitHub app was created in November 2021 and updated the following month. On December 31st, a Twitter account was launched. He also mentioned that he has set up a Twitter account, @Sage0x1, to promote the software.