Even as the fake online auction of prominent Muslim women sparked outrage in the country as well as abroad, the Mumbai police moved swiftly to arrest a 21-year-old engineering student from Bengaluru and detain a Uttarakhand woman, who is said to be the mastermind in the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case. Cops are on the lookout for another suspect behind the attack, made to look like a Sikh conspiracy.

The investigators are now searching for the third accused who is believed to be a friend of the Uttarakhand woman, who has been identified as Shweta Singh. Over 100 Muslim women had been targeted through the repulsive app, triggering massive uproar on social media. Sources from the Crime Branch said the arrested man, Vishal Kumar Jha, and Singh know each other. They are friends on social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram. This helped the city cops reach Singh after they tracked down Jha.