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Student arrested in Bulli Bai app case

The Mumbai police on Tuesday arrested an engineering student in the BulliBai app case.

Vishal Kumar, 21, was detained by the Cyber Cell on Monday evening. He has been arrested under Sections 153 (wantonly provoking with intent to cause riot), 509 (insulting modesty of a woman), 354 (assault or use of criminal force to any woman with intention to outrage modesty) of the Indian Penal Code, along with relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.

Mr. Kumar, it was reported, did not create the content, but allegedly shared it online.

The police are in the process of bringing another suspect, a woman from Uttarakhand, to Mumbai.

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