All the accused that the Mumbai Crime Branch has arrested so far in the Bulli Bai app case connected following a Twitter trend linked to #TradeMahasabha, said police. They added that the person, who started the trend, sifted through the comments to pick out people with the right-wing mindset.

Officers said that only Neeraj Singh, who is being brought to Mumbai following his arrest in Odisha, can give information about the person behind the hashtag, which was started a few months ago.